Has anyone removed the plastic part hanging down on the front bumper?

[CecilTheMagician]

Looking to do this to give extra clearance. I have the 4WD if that matters. Just making sure there's no sensors or warranty issues that I'm going to run into by doing this.

Talking about just this piece:


https://imgur.com/ADGBCrC

 

[Randy Schmidt]

Removed mine when I had my Expedition. Very easy. Took about 10 minutes.

 

[ETC13]

Air dam and is meant for fuel economy/aerodynamics.

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[CecilTheMagician]

Air dam and is meant for fuel economy/aerodynamics.

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I understand, but it makes ground clearance pretty pitiful. Plus I think that removing it and adding a leveling kit will do a ton to help both that and the aesthetic of the vehicle.

 

[Blue87GT]

Maybe old school thought, but I was under the impression that this helped "scoop" air up in front of the radiator for cooling as well?

 

[Squark]

I don't think you'll have any warranty issues. The manual says:

Note: Your vehicle may have a front air dam that can become damaged, due to reduced ground clearance, when taking your vehicle off-road. You may remove this air dam by removing eight bolts.

 

[John I]

Search function.

https://www.expeditionforum.com/threads/removed-front-airdam.47088/#post-433039

 

[1alembic]

I trimmed mine instead of removing it completely. I used a angular grinder with a cut off blade and it cut very easily. I left just a little of the air dam itself.

 

[Expedition Dave]

Welcome, and feel free to search a lot of my prior threads and photo albums. I go into more detail on the removal process, pinning and grinding for more wheel clearance, etc.

 

[sanman28]

Yup. First thing I took off. Go for it.