941YYG

Whenever driving my c4 and i have to get into my driveway sometimes ill scuff the lower lip air dam thing. Would using a thin piece of weatherstripping be a good way to protect the bottom while not making it look to noticeable? What do you guys use?

CorvetteRules

Have you tried different angles driving up and down the driveway.? I know with my 91 and now with the 95 unless I do a fairly sharp angle I'll scrape.

941YYG

Yeah my brother in law has an frs and taught me the angle trick but sometimes i forget or just overall mess it up

DGXR

I don't think weather stripping will help, the foam material will just get shredded and look worse than a scuffed spoiler.
I do the angled approach as well. My rolled curbs will scrape on exit but not entry. Easy to forget so occasionally I still scrape it. Fortunately they are cheap and easy to replace.

941YYG

Yeah for sure I'm just thinking of putting some flex tape if the edges in the middle start popping off but i kind of want a thin hard piece of plastic to be the victim so it's not cracking or breaking

Patsgarage

Both my 89 and 13 do the same thing in my driveway, the air dam is a sacrificial part that is easily replaced. I do take a file to the "strings" every so often to make it look presentable.

xrav22

Gotta give it a shave every once in a while.

krackenvette

Some people have cut it down by 1/2 to 1 inch.. Wont affect cooling much at all, as it is a bottom feeder, fans take care of it till about 25-30mph..

941YYG

hmm I'll try and see if i can get something flexible but also durable under the dam and see if that helps. Kind of like how new chargers have that yellowish black bumper guards. Something like that is what i want just so that it stays intact.

NavAir

Rather than trying to modify the air dam, maybe ramp the driveway to street junction with some asphalt mix, or even a small strip of wood? I had this problem when I lived in FL, and a small piece of 1x2 did the trick.

krackenvette

There are write ups. Use blue painters tape for cutting it straight etc. The first few years of C4s air dams were longer too, causing more scraping of driveways, speedbumps etc.

aklim

I angle drove it but the wife's W216 was also very low and she doesn't do it well so I am cutting the approach up and the curb is cut down. So instead of a 4 inch drop, it is a 3 inch drop.

BOOT77

My 86 is a Z51 that came with the taller air dam, I bought the shorter version for like $50