<VV> front spoilers - great except high crosswinds - Use $4 Sandbox play sand 50lbs Lowes/H.Depot

[Tamias Metis]

Re:  front spoilers  /high crosswinds       -   My '66 vert has the factory spoiler  but the spoiler (air dam  or whatever they are called) doesn't do any good when you are travelling in a certain direction (as on a stretch of interstate)  and the car is battered by high crosswinds.  The lack of weight on the front end of the car makes it a handfull.   This might not be the correct way to deal with this problem but this is what I do:  three 50 pound  bags of  children's sand box sand (unopened original plastic bag)  placed in the trunk.   These plastic 50 lb  sand box sand  bags cost approx $4 each at Lowes / Home Depot.   Just tape over the small holes in the bag with a little packaging tape so you don't get any more than a tiny bit of leakeage.   Place in the trunk on very windy days,  remove when not necessary.  Three bags might only be necessary during 40+ mph crosswinds.  One or two might be right for you.   This works for me.    In fact I always  have two bags in my
 trunk (100lbs)  at all times  at the bottom front of the trunk   since I like the added weight  and  it allows a higher tire pressure on the front.  The downside is that  very slow speed tight turning such as manuevering away from a parking space will require more steering effort,  this will be  additionally harder if you have very wide (non stock) front wheels or are using a smaller than stock steering wheel.   The sandbags are a cheap solution and it works.  Do Not use bricks,  barbell weights,  old intake manifolds  as weight in the trunk.  While this type of weight will certainly work,  however in the event of an accident this solid material will likely remain more or less solid while the relatively thin plastic sandbags are more likely to break and disperse some of the energy---so you DO NOT want to wrap or mummify the sand bag in duct tape, etc.     Hope this info is helpful.                Tamias   Metis


 	      
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