Front Chin Spoiler Protection
 

I keep scraping the front chin spoiler on my Z. I was wondering if we can add something under the front chin spoiler to perhaps cushion the scraping??

Any ideas?? Maybe put some thick double sided tap or something??

It's better to scrape your front chin spoiler than scrape the bottom of your bumper. :icon14: What one of the members did on here was to grab some sand paper and lightly sand the bottom, that doesn't protect it, but makes it look presentable. I wouldn't worry about it too much though.

You could always change your driving habits. The scraping worsens as you lower your car. I used to scrape everywhere when I first got the car, but now I rarely scrape anywhere. Just know your area and approach all driveways/bumps at an angle. :p

its that black piece of plastic right?

I so want to remove it. I scrape that thing everywhere, and I don't even have a lowered car.

don't remove it. its like a warning of the bump so you don't hit the bumper

It looks horrible and its so big that whenever I scrape it I wouldn't of touched the bumper anyway

buts its a warning sign for the time you come to a bigger bump or dip that you are not sure of and you hear it back off and find a new way. Im lowered so it helps me

wat you can do bro is actually buy the door edge molding... one long piece and stick it on the bottom of ur front spoiler... the rubber molding will absorb some of the screapes.... thats what i had in the beginning when i super cared about the front spoiler.... i dont care anymore so yah LOL

The spoiler on mine is all messed up but I use it to warn me if I've put the front of my car somewhere I shouldnt of

I can head over everything fine but its always the protector that scraped it.

its sad when your cruising and people are looking and you go over a speedbump and then the thing starts scratching while without it I would of been fine

anybody know how much a new one would cost?

About $120-140.

Easy and cheap fix:

http://www.the370z.com/exterior-inte...-easy-fix.html

im just going to get rid of it. it just looks horrible even undamaged.

hell it even came half loose once. noticed that when they were putting on my intakes

I have to go very slow and at angle, especially at my work. I didn't get use to it at all. Doesn't matter how careful or slow I was, there is a loud scrape noise - embarrassed sometimes.

Got advise from one of this forum members, just trim the feathery plastic with a razor and it looks much better.

you guys r probaly driving like maniacs? lol cuz mine is painted white and look like new been a month now and paint is still clean

Haha nope u r just lucky?

I scrape every single day just getting out of my driveway. Going in is fine. If I do a 45 degree angle it barely scrapes, otherwise its "scraaaaaapee....." UGH

I like the looks of it..I don't know what you're looking at :p If you don't like it..get rid of it. Maybe if you paint it, you'll like it more. What'll that cost? $25?!! Give it a try cuz it's a pretty good thing to have. My car didn't come with it..I had to buy it and I love it:driving: But daymn, it still scrapes coming outta my driveway

Lol....that was what I was thinking, maybe add something underneath the chin to cushion the scrapes...don't know how ghetto that would look though...lol.

I mainly scrape entering or leaving my driveway cuz its a lil steep. Lately, I've been good not scraping, guess I just need practice entering and leaving slowly at an angle....

Not sure if someone already said this but you can get a clear, hard but thing plastic molding that goes under the chin (or at least did on my cobalt SS) that stops you from hitting the chin. Im sure any automotive store will have something that you can put on your Z with little fabrication

The sport package cars have an extra black piece of plastic in front of the
one on the base package. It's meant to increase aerodynamics. If you're
going to remove it, give it to me :), mine could use a refresh

i went to my local Ritas water ice and the entrance was steeper than i remembered and i got a nice little scraping sound infront of some bikers.

Well, I certainly scraped the hell out of the front chin lip last night while parking my Z. So mad at myself......grrr.

Just want to make sure my warranty won't be void if I remove the front chin spoiler myself to repaint it?

no they wont void the warranty, and a lil update about my front chin, same thing happened to me in a parking lot :shakes head: so i tried the vinyl instead of painting and it looks really goodl!

I scrape it daily.

Why are you repainting it? Just sand it down (1000 and 2000 grit) and cut off the excess and it will look like new...

dear god I ****** it up pretty good today. I could pull off large chunks of the plastic.

hilarious

Yeap, I sanded off the scrape marks on the lip. Good as new..:tiphat:

I've resigned myself to accept the fact that i'll have to fork over around $200 bucks if and when I want a new chin spoiler, but hey that's not that bad

That's basically what it is there for...where's Xzibit when you need him. I don't think they have a chin spoiler for your chin spoiler, so you can scrape before you scrape before you scrape.

lol