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Old 02-15-2010, 12:37 AM   #1 (permalink)
orange4boy
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Side skirts in Coroplast. Prius modding continues...

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Just a temporary install for now. I have to figure out some mounting issues. The black tape is some pipe wrapping tape I picked up at the surplus section of Princess Auto. 2 inches wide and very sticky. They only had black.

I also have been using a new aeromodding find which is a white plastic that bends beautifully and holds its shape after bending. It's some kind of screen fascia from home depot. Exact match to the Prius white. It is now in use as the front airdam but I have not installed it on the side skirts yet.

The idea here is to reduce the turbulent airflow behind the front wheels and to shield the rears. It should also help straighten out the under car flow. The wheels add .1 to the CD of a typical passenger car. That's a lot of meat to carve.

Ground clearance is about 4 inches.






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