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Old 12-31-2009, 04:14 AM   #24 (permalink)
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adding a functional duct might undo the effect of the cover. back in the 80's there where a lot of semi solid wheel covers, most still had some sort of openings near the outer edge, so perhaps a disk with a ring of holes drilled in will work better, plus they also may evacuate brake dust.
this looks like a good solution, keeping a solid disk flom looking bland and still allowing cooling air trough
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Yup, the Tresel wheel sounds like an example of what you are describing :

-www.AudiStory.com- Jens' Audi-Page: Special Audis: Treser



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