Lost my ground effects????

[Tammysbird]

:wavey:Hello to everybody thanks for letting me be a member:-) I have a 01 Firebird convertible I wanted this car so bad back in the day and I couldn't believe it when I actually found one and with only23,000 miles on her. Anyways I was walking to my car after the ball game and I noticed that my passenger side front ground effect was gone it really looks bad and I can't seem to find one so you guys are the pro please help my car looks lop sided lol.....here is a picture of it before I lost it I have a pic on my phone of it missing will send that in a minute. If anybody has one I sure would like to buy it from ya:-)

[Tammysbird]

Re: Lost my ground effects????

Trying to send pic again

[CFreed11]

Re: Lost my ground effects????

Welcome! This is a great place for information on just about everything there is to know about the 4th gen F-Body.

Your pics are coming up as errors for me, but your best bet is probably ebay for those front ground effects. They're pretty hard to come by, but pop up on ebay every once in a while. Or try you local junk/salvage yard.

[ssms5411]

Re: Lost my ground effects????

Yeah I can't view them either, I would try ebay also, or you might have to buy the complete set again.

[2.8 Bird]

Re: Lost my ground effects????

Those ground effects are terrible for not staying in place. They are a hard to find piece. You'd be lucky if you find one at the junkyard, but I'll keep an eye out for you if I find one.

[FirebirdGT]

Re: Lost my ground effects????

When I have seen one on the rare occasion on eBay they run about $250 - $300.
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[Everglades W68]

Re: Lost my ground effects????

The ground effects hardware, is in my view, deliberately made so that is you do something dumb - like hit a curb or go a little too aggressively on unpaved roads (thinking you are Burt Reynolds in Smokey & the Bandit) - the ground effects hardware will break loose - but keep you from incurring worse damage. It is a simple matte of checking on the GFX every so often to be sure things are not loose.

At least, that is the experience of this redneck who has taken his Firebird on numerous unpaved adventures and slammed into one too many high curbs.

Yes, it does mean you have to keep checking to see what minor parts are loose.

As far as finding a replacement part - Robert is right, as usual - they tend to be expensive. Keep checking ebay and one should turn up.