Chin spoiler?

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I do not like that Chin spoiler on my car for the simple reason that it makes the car so low in the front, that I always scrape on any verticle type serface! Can anyone please tell me if they have taken off their "Chin Spoiler" to decrease the height
of the front of the car?

And if you have, please let me know the problems if any of scraping the front?

Thank You,

Strato
 
What type of vertical are you running over ? I personally havn't seen one w/less height to it. If its that bad you may just want to consider leaving it on to absorb impact to remainder of the front end. I would hate to think what would happen if you really bottomed out. Look at it this way. New chin spoiler $125 and a 1/2 hr to put it on that protects your front end. Take it off, bottom out or scrap somehow and you stress fracture the lower portion and have to replace the whole thing if i'm not mistaken @ lord knows w/cost and labor charge.
 
The older nsx chin spoiler is thinner than the the newer nsx chin spoilers. The new ones flare out more at the ends and are about half to 1 inch bigger.
 
Thank you for your reply, but it is hard for me to understand that everyone with a NSX, do not drag the front end every so often?

What I am saying, that just going out of my driveway, scrapes the chin spoiler big time, and I was just wondering if most people whom own one, keep them on? It seems that because of the chin spoiler, it lowers the front by at least two inches, and I understand it is a replacable item every so often, however, has anyone on this board removed it for any reason to elimate that extra two inches?

I have tried everything from turning the wheel to get a less direct contact with the street, but always scrape on any slight incline.

Any suggestions whould be appreciated?

Thanks All,

Strato
 
I guess you didn't understand Tom Larkins, so I'll repeat his point.

The chin spoiler protects the expensive lower air dam. If you drive without the chin spoiler, at some point you will probably damage the lower air dam and have to pay a lot to replace and paint.
 
I thank all of you for your replys, and I guess I just will live with the fact that the NSX is low on the front end, and I can expect the drag going over any short inclines!

I LOVE THIS CAR, but hate that aspect!

Thank You All,

Strato
 
Originally posted by strato:
I have tried everything from turning the wheel to get a less direct contact with the street, but always scrape on any slight incline.

Any suggestions whould be appreciated?

I assume the spoiler is scraping the street while the tires are actually in contact w/the driveway due to the incline. Try getting a neighbor to due a visual for you while you exit the drive. If the spoiler is rubbing for more than 12" of travel on the street y may be screwed. If not, get a 2"x12" or any lumber for that matter and place it parrallel in the curb itself. Drive over the lumber slowly of course and it just may allow you to avoid the dip that takes place between the driveway and street. You could even go higher than 2" as long as you don't bottom out below you doors when your front tires pass over the raised portion of the curb you created. If it works, 3-4 bags of quick set smoothed out in the curb would take care of it. Hope that make sense.

Sincerly;
Bob Vellia
 
One last thing! I replaced all the screws/ bolts on the chin spoiler with really big washers, because the plastic of the chin spoiler keeps ripping out, dropping it down!

I hope NSX will address this problem, for I think that is the worst thing about it!

With my new chin spoiler, I have all bolts with 1 inch washers on both ends so that the cheap plastic does not rip!

$120.00 for new chin spoilers can get costly if they constantly rip from their holes!

Thanks Again,

Strato
 
Originally posted by strato:
One last thing! I replaced all the screws/ bolts on the chin spoiler with really big washers, because the plastic of the chin spoiler keeps ripping out, dropping it down!

I hope NSX will address this problem, for I think that is the worst thing about it!


With my new chin spoiler, I have all bolts with 1 inch washers on both ends so that the cheap plastic does not rip!

$120.00 for new chin spoilers can get costly if they constantly rip from their holes!

Thanks Again,

Strato

The factory designed the bolts to break away as to not cause damage to the front facia during a hard impact.
 
Do you have after market springs? If you do, may be you should consider putting the OEM springs back on. If you are riding on OEM springs, you may try entering the driveway at an angle? Or may be you are doing that already.

With Eibachs, I scrape everytime I backed out of the driveway ever so lightly. My driveway scraper has be on for over 3 years and it still look good.
 
i thank the acura god for that chin spoiler. i scrape ALL the time, but i much rather it be that cheap, replaceable part than actual body contact. i worry much less when i scrape because i know i can just go out and get another one anytime. for me scraping in an nsx is a fact of life.
 
I too was annoyed by the chin spoiler scraping seemingly all the time...but have since learned to live with it. I still scrape on a lot of things (including my driveway), but, even after more than two years of ownership, I still have the original chin spoiler firmly attached on my NSX (albeit scraped up a bit). I'd hate to see what the underside would look like if I didn't have such a thing in place.

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[This message has been edited by akira3d (edited 28 August 2002).]
 
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