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Curb feelers for air dam?


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  Back in the old days people sometimes put curb feelers on their car down low near the tires to make a sound to let them know when they were near the curb when parking.  I see them for sale on eBay and Amazon, but is there such a thing for an air dam?  I have run into parking lot tire stops and not just with the Z.  Maybe a curb feeler could be modified to work with an air dam?  I imagine it would have to be at an angle so it doesn't get jammed straight back and cause damage to the air dam.  Any ideas appreciated.

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Uh yeah, don't do it!

Seriously, I have never seen it on a Z car. I remember them though. Had a '76 Mercury Montego, big as a boat, that I used them on for parallel parking. It helped because that was a very big car. It was also in style back in the day. I think I saw them in Pepboys recently though. They mounted at the very bottom of the fender just ahead of the front wheel. I don't think there is an easy way to mount them without fabricating a mounting bracket and still, I don't think it would look good at all. Just MHO.

Not helpful as far as what you asked but I just had to reply. Kinda like my hood. Out of place to the purist but cool to everyone else. I want the original hood back on but again, this isn't answering your question. Sorry for rambling.  

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6 hours ago, rcb280z said:

Uh yeah, don't do it!

Seriously, I have never seen it on a Z car. I remember them though. Had a '76 Mercury Montego, big as a boat, that I used them on for parallel parking. It helped because that was a very big car. It was also in style back in the day. I think I saw them in Pepboys recently though. They mounted at the very bottom of the fender just ahead of the front wheel. I don't think there is an easy way to mount them without fabricating a mounting bracket and still, I don't think it would look good at all. Just MHO.

Not helpful as far as what you asked but I just had to reply. Kinda like my hood. Out of place to the purist but cool to everyone else. I want the original hood back on but again, this isn't answering your question. Sorry for rambling.  

Rambling can be a good thing, sometimes information falls out of that that would otherwise be missed.  I am not a fan of the way the metal ones look that much but I have some curb rash on a rim they would have prevented.

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I really want a spoiler on the front of my Z but it has been so long since I had anything on the front like my old Z that I know it would take way too long to adjust to stopping early at curbs and the one time I forget.......

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