Jankyvictor Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I'm looking for something which I hoped would be a sticky.... I was hoping someone has pics of their entire process of mounting a front airdam, and any tips and tricks they suggest to make it really stout. I bought the MSA type 3 front end... but it came without a word of instruction or advice. I know I can come up with 10 different ways to bolt it, brace it, support it etc....just hoping for a little input from those who've been there, and have been happy with the results. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73ZCAR Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I did a standard air dam from MSA a year ago. Have a little trick to show. The car is up on jackstands right now in a friends shop. I'll take some photos, and post some pics tomorrow for ya. Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73ZCAR Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Ok, J.V. Here's my little trick. On the underside of the airdam where it will meet the headlight buckets there are two small flat areas for your fasteners. Get some cardboard from the back of a pad of paper and make two patterns that fit in those spots. Transfer these to some aluminum flat stock, (I used 1/8")and cut them out. You may have do some shaping of the mating surfaces so that they fit into the corner of the airdam tightly. Then using the high strength marine grade epoxy that you already bought at the local autozone, glue them in place. After the epoxy has cured (a day or so), clamp your airdam in place and mark your hole locations from the top, through the hloes in the headlight buckets with a short pencil. Drill holes and bolt in place. Mine looks like this. Many people have made supports or pans for the bottom of the car that support the airdam on the bottom also. I haven't done this to mine yet, but may in the future. Your type III dam's design makes it easy to add a splitter/support to the bottom. Like "Redbird", A very nice execution of this idea. Hope this helps. Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73ZCAR Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Hmm, I gotta go back to "posting pics 101" and do a little reading. Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jankyvictor Posted November 20, 2006 Author Share Posted November 20, 2006 Thanks Mike....That gives me a few more ideas. I'll post pics of what I come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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