It is actually metal. Not sure if it is sheet aluminum like roofing metal, or sheet steel. I can take a magnet to it tonight to check. My body shop made them without me asking so I am not sure, but I assume they put it in a break to bend. I would guess that there are some plastics that can be heated and bent if you wanted to go that route.
On one hand I kind of like how the metal provides a little structure to hold everything together well since it is attached to 3 different plastic components.
On the other hand, the fact that it is metal means that it would not do a very good job of being 'sacrificial' in the event that the front spoiler took a small impact. It is likely more rigid, and therefore if the spoiler hit something would do more damage to the spoiler than the OEM plastic panel. The undertray is very rigid and since the panel bridges the gap between the MT1 spoiler and the undertray, the spoiler would probably take more force in an impact. You might be able to avoid this with 3 plastic rivets to the spoiler instead of 3 metal screws in which case the rivets might shear in an impact. Or you could just not hit anything...That's what I plan to do!
On one hand I kind of like how the metal provides a little structure to hold everything together well since it is attached to 3 different plastic components.
On the other hand, the fact that it is metal means that it would not do a very good job of being 'sacrificial' in the event that the front spoiler took a small impact. It is likely more rigid, and therefore if the spoiler hit something would do more damage to the spoiler than the OEM plastic panel. The undertray is very rigid and since the panel bridges the gap between the MT1 spoiler and the undertray, the spoiler would probably take more force in an impact. You might be able to avoid this with 3 plastic rivets to the spoiler instead of 3 metal screws in which case the rivets might shear in an impact. Or you could just not hit anything...That's what I plan to do!
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