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Old 01-30-2010, 04:28 AM   #22 (permalink)
Piwoslaw
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Originally Posted by thatguitarguy View Post
How about retracting automatically under speeds of 10-15 MPH, and then lowering into position when air pressure on the bow pushes them down at higher speeds. The faster you go the lower they get. After all, if you're hitting dips and driveways faster than 10-15 MPH, you're not an ecomodder anyway.
I'd drop them when the vehicle exceeds 25mph, then retract when the speed is below 15mph.

I wonder how the mechanism would work in a mud/cold/snow/ice/salt environment? The area around the wheels gets the most snow/mud build up.
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