I'm wondering, is there enough adjustment room to alter the spoiler up and down?
Since the adjustment rods have to be at an angle from the rear, I wonder if placing them on the front side would allow for easy adjustment and allow the adjustment rods to be straight?
Excellent Questions. I'll start in reverse. The rear spoiler has 12 degrees of adjustment built into it. I don't hav an aero data, but the difference between 35 degrees and 48 degrees is huge. You can feel it on the highway. Strut rods on the front would kill the look that is picked up from so many stock car and road race spoilers. So we put bends in the base and upright to make the strut rods work in back. Wasn't easy. I had the design in my head for years. Jake Parrott made it into reality with his amazing fabrication skills. Adjustment is handled by two wrenches 7/16" and 3/8". To equalize the four strut rods, you can use a simple hardware store angle finder (preferred method) or tape measure. It's all kinds of fun watching that spoiler go up and down as you adjust it.
Yes there will be a front spoiler. Yes it will be similar in theme, but will not look anything like stock. That's because an aluminum stock style front spoiler would get wrecked on the first outing. As is, we currently keep a few cheapie plastic front spoilers on hand for our own cars--just in case anyone goes curb hunting. I'd hate to sell someone a handmade aluminum front spoiler and have it get crunched.
Kyle,
We don't think the strut rods look bulky--just purposeful in a streetfighter kinda way. Definitely not subtle though. The look is not for everyone, but that's why we are only making a limited production run. We did look into Clevis style ends--my original spoiler, that I ran for years, used this type of end. They rattle like crazy on each and every bump. The production spoiler has lock nuts and captured ball & socket ends.
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