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Old 06-10-2010, 09:51 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Botsapper -- your images are indeed a huge asset, as they make good aero look good! You might send a few of the images to Honda to get their creative juices flowing?

A couple of comments from the peanut gallery:

The front wheels, being exposed, should probably not have any openings around the outer part of the rim. The top of a spinning wheel has 2X the forward motion of the rest of the car, and either the openings have to be pointing the "right" way on each side of the car (which necessitates mirrored rims, doubling the cost); or, they should be smooth on the outer part at least, IMO. The aftermarket wheels for a Prius (elsewhere on these pages) have a smooth hole right at the center (and one also for the valve stem) -- I think these are pretty ideal.

The trailing side of the front wheel opening would be better to be treated like the original Insight.

The rear wheel strakes should be made larger, I think. The trailing edges can "link in" to the ring/boattail. My Coroplast (and ugly tape) units seem to be working quite well, and they clear all the curbs I have been around, so far:



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