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Old 12-03-2010, 02:18 PM   #18 (permalink)
Dr. Jerryrigger
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Originally Posted by enicma View Post
I've thought about removing the hubcaps to reduce rotational weight for driving around town but I'm not sure how much that would hurt aerodynamics at higher speeds, I'm curious if anyone can offer any opinion here.

Nick
I don't think you'll have a noticeable difference with or with out the stock hubcaps. What has been shown to help a little is to cover the caps in tape or something to smooth them out for areo. I haven't done this yet, I cracked one of my caps and just took them all off.
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