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04-20-2016, 08:45 PM
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Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Suffolk Long Island
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are the rubber air deflectors functional?
Im wondering if the black rubber dams in front of each front wheel serve a function? I was going to remove them to get up and down Rhino ramps easier doing oil changes.
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04-20-2016, 08:46 PM
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Retired from Car mfrs....
Drives: 2LT RS/HR-V Join Date: May 2013
Location: /Fort Lauderdale
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I took mine off in the first weekend. They are not needed on a daily driver for me. I also use ramps.
The corvette gm engineers say they help above 125 mph, ill put them back on when i race daytona. But stay tuned here, some will post its blasphemy to take them off.... |
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04-20-2016, 09:29 PM
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 Drives: 2016 2SS Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Moon Township, PA
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Mine where never installed.
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04-20-2016, 10:12 PM
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Drives: 1981 silver corvette,Hyper Blue 2SS Join Date: May 2015
Location: Ohio
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They're not for fuel economy?
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04-20-2016, 10:16 PM
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Retired from Car mfrs....
Drives: 2LT RS/HR-V Join Date: May 2013
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Probably some....about .00001 pct mpg.....
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04-20-2016, 10:39 PM
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Drives: 2016/SS Has had 4 Gen 5's Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Hudson,WI
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I have the splitter I forgot they were there cause I can't see them
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04-21-2016, 12:13 AM
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Drives: 16 2SS, 71 Std, Suburban RTS Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Temecula, CA
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One of mine ripped off, so i took them both off.
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04-21-2016, 05:10 AM
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Drives: 2016 2SS Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: So Calif
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In my opinion, the air deflectors serve a purpose (sure the GM engineers used a wind tunnel to optimize them) but they are ugly on that pretty face. After the front splitter goes on, their effect is probably low. Mine will be coming off once the splitter is installed.
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04-21-2016, 10:16 AM
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Drives: 2016 Camaro RS 2LT Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Palm City, FL
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04-21-2016, 03:38 PM
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Drives: 2016 Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: KCMO
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Subscribed. I've been wondering about them too. They always catch curbs when I pull in.
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04-21-2016, 04:28 PM
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I was wondering if they had another purpose to prevent dirty water from splashing forward when the tires go into a puddle on roads and up into the lower plastic areas thru the cracks, which then might dry and build up junk or heavy water pressure damaging the plastic?
Just wondering. |
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04-21-2016, 04:34 PM
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The Dogfather
Drives: #1 off the line for a customer. '16 Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Andover, KS
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They are good to have as they also deflect random crap that might fly under your vehicle and perhaps damage it, like rocks or some random debris. Are they 100% needed? No. Are they good to have? Yes. Want to take em off and not have any issues? Yes. Think of them as an extra layer of protection for the underside of the vehicle in some cases but it's "extra" and the car will be just fine without them lol. |
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04-21-2016, 04:39 PM
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Drives: 2SS, Hyper Blue Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Greenville NC
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Wow...You guys have a great sense of imagination...The fact that GM spent hundreds of hours in a windtunnel and wouldn't have added them without some real reason for them to be there....LOL....Whatever, Take em off if you don't like them
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04-21-2016, 04:50 PM
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Plus i have seen how truckers in Australia use mud flaps up front under the bumper to prevent stones & junk from being tossed forward from under the truck by the tires. So i just kinda put it together as another reason they maybe saw in testing after lots of road tests. |
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