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aerohead · 01-21-2012, 05:02 PM

Good to have photos!
Since you don't have much time,here's my 2-cents:
* do the wheel covers as mentioned
* figure out a way to do the rear wheel skirts,forget about the front for now
* here's the big one,get a top quality bicycle rack which can easily and securely attach to the hatch and create a short (a couple feet would do okay) boat-tail extension which can attach over the bike rack.
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The wheel covers and skirts will help with clean airflow to the tail.And the boat-tail will give you the biggest bang for the buck.
You want to end up having the roof look like the Mercedes 'Boxfish' concept car(2008),Renault Vesta II concept car(1987),Chevrolet Express concept(1987),VW 1-liter car (2009),Cadillac CTS Wagon (2010),Honda Insight (2010),AeroCivic (2005),--------------------------------------- push the back as far as you dare.
You can use the 'Aerodynamic Streamlining Template' to help with the contour.The sides will want to gently curve in towards the middle of the car also.

01-21-2012, 05:02 PM	#11 (permalink)
aerohead Master EcoModder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sanger,Texas,U.S.A. Posts: 16,268 Thanks: 24,393 Thanked 7,360 Times in 4,760 Posts	mods Good to have photos! Since you don't have much time,here's my 2-cents: * do the wheel covers as mentioned * figure out a way to do the rear wheel skirts,forget about the front for now * here's the big one,get a top quality bicycle rack which can easily and securely attach to the hatch and create a short (a couple feet would do okay) boat-tail extension which can attach over the bike rack. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The wheel covers and skirts will help with clean airflow to the tail.And the boat-tail will give you the biggest bang for the buck. You want to end up having the roof look like the Mercedes 'Boxfish' concept car(2008),Renault Vesta II concept car(1987),Chevrolet Express concept(1987),VW 1-liter car (2009),Cadillac CTS Wagon (2010),Honda Insight (2010),AeroCivic (2005),--------------------------------------- push the back as far as you dare. You can use the 'Aerodynamic Streamlining Template' to help with the contour.The sides will want to gently curve in towards the middle of the car also.