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Re: Should I add a Trans-am style spoiler?
« Reply #15 on: May 02, 2013 - 12:44:40 AM »
I toy with the idea of some kind of air dam for both looks & function....
Will your car look better? I don't think so. Will it work? I imagine so.
Do it, you can always go back.



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Re: Should I add a Trans-am style spoiler?
« Reply #16 on: May 02, 2013 - 02:41:08 AM »
I'm terrible at free-handing in Photoshop, but this is roughly what I'm talking about.


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Re: Should I add a Trans-am style spoiler?
« Reply #17 on: May 02, 2013 - 06:36:37 AM »
Yes if you're going for the full 100% Sam Posey clone.

Otherwise, nope.  Everyone will think it's some homemade job.

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Re: Should I add a Trans-am style spoiler?
« Reply #18 on: May 02, 2013 - 08:11:31 AM »
Everyone will think it's some homemade job.

In just about every part of life, it's unwise to concern oneself with what people think  :bigsmile:


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Re: Should I add a Trans-am style spoiler?
« Reply #19 on: May 02, 2013 - 08:33:36 AM »
I toy with the idea of some kind of air dam for both looks & function....
Will your car look better? I don't think so. Will it work? I imagine so.
Do it, you can always go back.


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Re: Should I add a Trans-am style spoiler?
« Reply #20 on: May 02, 2013 - 09:59:10 AM »

Do it, you can always go back.


Cut the approximate shape from some perspex, rattle can it the colour you want, mount the mock up spoiler and see how it looks. If it's not what you want, then there will be no harm done and at the worst it will have been an interesting experiment. If it is what you want, trial an actual one. As Dutch said, you can always change back to the eyebrow spoilers.

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Re: Should I add a Trans-am style spoiler?
« Reply #21 on: May 02, 2013 - 10:13:29 AM »
I made up one of these. Clamped it under the nose and DANNGGG, it was massive. Definelty looks different on a street car.  I was going to trim it down and make it smaller, but it wasn't long after making it that I left the employ of the place that had the shears and brakes to make it easy to modify. I've still got it around, still haven't changed its size, nor mounted it. I think I've got some pictures somewhere I'll try to find.

I did use an MAS universal fiberglass piece for a while, which is a much smaller unit and looks like a '69 Mustang piece. Even in its reduced size it was signifcantly lower than the valance and required attention to dips while driving. I scuffed it numerous times just tooling aorund town, but, my car does sit looooww compared to most.


Everyone will think it's some homemade job.

...and Posey's wasn't? It sure has heck didn't come from the factory with that on it. FWIW, there was a guy on Moparts who tooled up a bunch of ABS replicas of the AAR race spoiler. He was going to do Challenger versions but never got enough deposits to make it happen. If someone wanted a large, race type, "factory" appearing spoiler for a TA, I imagine you could throw enough money at the guy to resurect the project. I think we has asking $200 each with a minimum run of 10 pieces. Heck, I think he still has a couple Cuda versions left you could buy and cut turn signaa clearance in to.

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Re: Should I add a Trans-am style spoiler?
« Reply #22 on: May 02, 2013 - 11:40:56 AM »
A new SRT front  splitter would be cool. Ya u need something up there. I've been noticing a lot of new(er)cars with lower air dams that could be easilly modified to fit. Just a thought.  Ya,I'd be interested in one of those ABS replica spoilers too. Wasn't that the pikes peak 71 cuda guy?  I have the MAS one ill be making eventually...and we got a cool front spoiler for a 70 charger from a friend we are going to make. Only thing is: the 70 is wider down low. So gotta make 2 molds.  One thing I know for sure,You have got to be careful driving on the street. And parking,Be extra cautious.    Don't ask me how many times I've damaged the MAS one.  ::)
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Re: Should I add a Trans-am style spoiler?
« Reply #23 on: May 02, 2013 - 12:33:43 PM »
there was a guy on Moparts who tooled up a bunch of ABS replicas of the AAR race spoiler. He was going to do Challenger versions but never got enough deposits to make it happen. If someone wanted a large, race type, "factory" appearing spoiler for a TA, I imagine you could throw enough money at the guy to resurect the project. I think we has asking $200 each with a minimum run of 10 pieces. Heck, I think he still has a couple Cuda versions left you could buy and cut turn signaa clearance in to.

I've talked to the guy on moparts. He's only received a couple of prepays, to begin with, and there are things about his design that I don't dig, like he's not doing the brake ducts. I don't see that design coming to term, but if he gets another dozen prepays he'll do it.


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Re: Should I add a Trans-am style spoiler?
« Reply #24 on: May 02, 2013 - 12:42:14 PM »
The new Challenger spoiler retrofits ain't too bad (although I wouldn't get the SRT version w/the brake ducts as they don't seem to go):





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Re: Should I add a Trans-am style spoiler?
« Reply #25 on: May 04, 2013 - 06:12:27 AM »
I think the slightly shorter versions look really good.

Cut the approximate shape from some perspex, rattle can it the colour you want, mount the mock up spoiler and see how it looks. If it's not what you want, then there will be no harm done and at the worst it will have been an interesting experiment. If it is what you want, trial an actual one. As Dutch said, you can always change back to the eyebrow spoilers.

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Re: Should I add a Trans-am style spoiler?
« Reply #26 on: May 05, 2013 - 10:10:12 AM »
The new Challenger spoiler retrofits ain't too bad (although I wouldn't get the SRT version w/the brake ducts as they don't seem to go):








Welll that looks pretty good.  I have not seen that before.  Got any details????


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Re: Should I add a Trans-am style spoiler?
« Reply #27 on: May 05, 2013 - 02:35:21 PM »
'fraid not.  Pics i stole off the net.

Again, I don't like the SRT version's brake ducts on it, but a non-SRT I think won't have those.   I hear it wasn't too bad to install.
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Re: Should I add a Trans-am style spoiler?
« Reply #28 on: May 05, 2013 - 02:41:55 PM »

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I say do what makes you happy since that is the person you have to live with.

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Re: Should I add a Trans-am style spoiler?
« Reply #29 on: May 05, 2013 - 04:50:05 PM »
That's Drews car...     There's a thread around here.   He says there's a little trimming and heat bending but not real bad.   And they are not that expensive.   
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