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Old 02-22-2010, 06:14 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob View Post
I'd start with a light bumper, and make a light, full-aero front tray.
Yeah that's what I am leaning towards, well I'll confess too that within the VW community there are so many styles, and while my goal is to have as great MPG as possible I do want to do so in style. No I am not looking for wide tires or anything like that, I plan on using 14" alloy wheels that are 4kg (around 8.8lbs each). The reason for this question before even starting the project is there is a major style difference between the two bumpers and the styles that go with them.
Sorry if I bring up style on a forum that maybe doesn't focus that much on that.

There's essentially two different styles I have been contemplating:

A) Older "retro" look something like this:

Which can work very well with the relative simplistic and smaller wheel look.

B) Alternatively then something more "modern" yet simplistic like this:
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