2010 Prius belly pan set up

[ALS]

If you would like to see the factory belly pan set up on the 2010 Prius (.25 Cd) here are some pictures for your amusement. From a poster over at Prius Chat. Not 56K friendly

2010 Prius belly pan

[Daox]

Oooh pretty. Thanks for posting that.

[Old Tele man]

...If you'll pardon the pun...they're groovey!

[TomO]

Any way to get a horizontal shot while it's on the lift so we can see how flat it looks ?

[ALS]

We only get what was posted on another forum.

Here are smaller versions in the original thread that may help you out.

photos-taken-bottom-my-prius

[Sulfuric]

If I remember correctly there is a Mercedes Benz that has large sheet metal underbody, and it looked much smoother than this. It may have been a race car though. The one that gets 14mpg at 200mph, I think. Cool pics though.

[lunarhighway]

those grooves at the sides remind me if this



btw here's some shots of a merc c class for comparison




maybe we could start a thead on these views for various low drag cars...

[Old Tele man]

Originally Posted by lunarhighway

those grooves at the sides remind me if this
...

...that's what I (vaguely) recall seeing once upon a time, ie: the "bathtub" shape of open-wheel Indy and Formula cars.

[solarguy]

I'm surprised at how aero-dirty it still is. The mercedes looks somewhat better.

Interesting.

thanks,

troy

[Old Tele man]

...might be "...interesting..." project to simply "foam" the whole bottom and then 'hot-wire' shave the whole bottom flat, just to see just how "smooth" you need things.