I AM FREAKING OUT!

[Kashawy]

So as the title says, I'm kinda freaking out. This morning while I was driving past the Mustang (since I still use the GTi as my DD) I noticed something weird.

At the bottom of the front bumper, just between the fog lights and the edge of the bumper, there's a gap. It's on both sides of the front. Is this a panel alignment problem? Or these are vents to cool the brakes? Someone confirm please if you have these on your cars.

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[unintelligible]

So as the title says, I'm kinda freaking out. This morning while I was driving past the Mustang (since I still use the GTi as my DD) I noticed something weird.

At the bottom of the front bumper, just between the fog lights and the edge of the bumper, there's a gap. It's on both sides of the front. Is this a panel alignment problem? Or these are vents to cool the brakes? Someone confirm please if you have these on your cars.

Aero vents. All is well.

(edit: they're designed to carry air from that area out past the wheels to reduce drag.)

 

[Kashawy]

Aero vents. All is well.

(edit: they're designed to carry air from that area out past the wheels to reduce drag.)

Thanks! I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to performance cars, and even though I thought they looked like functional vents, I was still freaking out since I wasn't sure.

BTW I found this diagram published by Ford explaining the Aero Curtains and how they work.

 

[e30og]

So as the title says, I'm kinda freaking out. This morning while I was driving past the Mustang (since I still use the GTi as my DD) I noticed something weird.

At the bottom of the front bumper, just between the fog lights and the edge of the bumper, there's a gap. It's on both sides of the front. Is this a panel alignment problem? Or these are vents to cool the brakes? Someone confirm please if you have these on your cars.

LOL

 

[lint28]

I keep meaning to strap a go pro to the front grill (facing inward) so I can see the active shutters open and close. Maybe this weekend......

 

[tofercali]

What's odd is on my GT (non PP), those slots are blocked by black foam rubber pieces. Noticed this when I was washing the car the other day.

:shrug:

 

[EcoSwag1990]

What's odd is on my GT (non PP), those slots are blocked by black foam rubber pieces. Noticed this when I was washing the car the other day.

:shrug:

Lol u can take those out. The dealership just forgot to remove them. It happened to a few ppl

 

[tofercali]

Ohhh haha. I thought about poking them out but then was like wait... they must be blocked for a reason. Figured maybe it was because I have the 20" wheels.

I wonder why they come blocked from the factory. Weird.

 

[TeddysStang]

Lol u can take those out. The dealership just forgot to remove them. It happened to a few ppl

I was thinking the same thing on my GT with 20" wheels.

 

[tofercali]

Hmmm... I wonder if these "air curtains" were only blocked off from the factory for the 20" wheels... and if so, why exactly?

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