[DeTomaso] GT5 Air Dam - scraping damage and rock ships

Mike Thomas mbefthomas at comcast.net
Mon May 14 19:40:20 EDT 2007


Pete
You might try putting a layer of Body Schutz material, like under coating,
on the underside of the lip.  Another would be to do as I have seen on some
Euro GT5-S cars, it looks like a thin, black plastic lip that is attached to
the underside of the dam and sticks out about 1-2".
Mike 

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of Peter Havlik
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 1:18 PM
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] GT5 Air Dam - scraping damage and rock ships

I am in the process of having my air dam repainted after only 2,000 km
because of rock chips and damage caused by scraping on steep driveway
approaches. I would be grateful for some advice on two related questions.

First, has anyone tried to apply the 3-M clear anti-rock chip coating to
their air dam (or any other part of the car, for that matter) and, if so,
what was the outcome? Are there any alternative products that anyone would
recommend I look at?

Second, I would like to modify the underside of the air dam so that some
sacrificial material starts scraping first before the brittle fiberglass
contacts the pavement. Has anyone done this, or know of some other solution
to the problem? I just want to hear a warning scrape before I damage the
fiberglass.

Thanks.

- Peter Havlik
#9517

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