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Originally Posted by Midniteoyl
Think you guys could actually try and make these mods look good? That civic that started this thread, while prolly a real gas saver, is prolly the ugliest thing I've seen... C'mon, at least try...
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Prolly ? Is that a new word that everyone uses now-a-days ?
Nice way to introduce yourself - insult someones hard work.
I actually agree with you though.
While there would be little aerodynamic benefit, the least that could be done to make the car look better would be to smooth the caulking in the seams. When applied, it would have taken
mere seconds to do.
I emailed Jim about this and he stated that he intended to re-do it when he gets around to it.
Car Aerodynamics - Modifications - Hot Rod Magazine
According to this source, quote : Rarely if ever are body-panel seams so large and misaligned that smoothing them with duct tape will make a measurable difference in Cd. We tried it on our Camaro, and it did nothing."
This was done on an old 1980 Camaro, back when body gaps misaligned body panels were quite bad.