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22-03-2006, 01:26 PM | #1 | ||
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hi guys i was on the awc site and are just wondering what are front pods are?
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22-03-2006, 01:53 PM | #2 | ||
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They re the pieces of body kit under the front bar at either end as per these photos
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22-03-2006, 01:58 PM | #3 | ||
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lol , good excuse to post a pic of ya car ;) .
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22-03-2006, 02:04 PM | #4 | ||
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also very effective of reminding you of every driveway and speehump with that wonderful "griiiiiiind" sound
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22-03-2006, 02:11 PM | #5 | |||
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ooohh yeah , it's amazing how scratched up the bottom of my front spoiler is , lucky its not visible without getting on ya knees and looking under it ! , gee i got some really nice thick deep scrapes out the bottom of mine , no cracks though.
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22-03-2006, 02:17 PM | #6 | |||
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22-03-2006, 02:19 PM | #7 | ||
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My air deflector guard underneath the engine gets a bit of abuse. Has anyone cut off the vertical part of it before?
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22-03-2006, 04:11 PM | #9 | ||
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Nice color silver , suits the XR nicelly, doesn't show the stone chips as bad either , providing they don't go deeper than the undercoat .
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22-03-2006, 04:40 PM | #10 | |||
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22-03-2006, 07:53 PM | #11 | ||
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The fibreglass aftermarket ones are not worth the hassle imo. They will break off real quick unless you are a very careful driver. You only need to see how easily the genuine plastic ones break/crack to know what i mean.
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22-03-2006, 08:15 PM | #12 | ||
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Front pods? I like to think of them as "sacrificial anodes" on a boat.
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22-03-2006, 08:18 PM | #13 | |||
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22-03-2006, 08:19 PM | #14 | ||
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and youd still be in front even if you went through a few glass ones aswell, but as carsik has said - if your not a lunatic and take it slowly you can still hit them and not rip them apart
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22-03-2006, 08:51 PM | #15 | ||
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I have broke my front bar. Cant notice it unless you get under the car. My rear bar cracked when it het a bright yellow pole doing 5km/h. They are both as strong as each other. IF and thats a big if, fiberglass ones to break easily, money wise you would still be ahead than if you bought genuwine.
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22-03-2006, 09:29 PM | #16 | ||
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An advantage to the fibreglass spoilers is that cracks and stuff are easier to fix yourself , alot easier and cheaper than plastic welding ! .. not that i want fibreglass ones though - they weigh more too :( .
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23-03-2006, 02:32 PM | #17 | ||
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The point of my post was not to start argument on the benefits of fibreglass v plastic or vice versa, merely my opinion that when the factory ones break off, you might want to consider not replacing them at all and spending your money elsewhere on your car as you may likely just break them off again.
As for replacing them more than twice i dont think this is possible, last time i looked underneath there are something like 10 screws on each pod holding them on, you would have little space left to attach the new ones. cheers Nathan |
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23-03-2006, 02:44 PM | #18 | |||
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Anyway, my exact question was if anyone has cut off the little vertical component of this part and what kind of effect it has removing it? Reason being that it is usually the part that gets caught by things and tears the rest of it down.
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23-03-2006, 06:04 PM | #19 | ||
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It's designed to create an area of low pressure in underneath the car whilst at speed. Not exactly sure why, but that's what it's there for.
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23-03-2006, 09:05 PM | #20 | |||
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23-03-2006, 09:20 PM | #21 | |||
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if you look at a race car's front air dam (a properly designed one, like V8 supercar ones), they have a curve going upwards at the back of them. this does the same thing, creating a low pressure vacuum to 'suck' it onto the road. This suction is actually better than the 'true' downforce created by the front of the bar (the spoiler area), as the same amount of downforce can be generated with less air-drag. hope this helps |
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24-03-2006, 02:33 PM | #22 | ||
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OKay then, that all makes sense. It stays. Thanks! (Sorry to hijack the thread.)
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24-03-2006, 05:52 PM | #23 | |||
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