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Old 10-30-2009, 04:19 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Under heavy camber deflection, the skirt might actually fit in there when the suspension bounds. That would be HEAVY camber deflect, though.

I'd be more likely to think that it's a McPherson setup (where the strut makes part of the control setup, as well as suspension) where a splined sleeve is used over the housing of the strut, so that the strut can still bound and rebound, while the skirt can remain in the same place, but follow the wheel as the strut turns with it.

Not sure how exactly one would make that work, though.

I can't think of anything else that would be simple to implement, though I'm sure I'm missing some idea that would just barely make it feasible.
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