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Old 08-14-2012, 06:31 PM   #7 (permalink)
basjoos
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Aerocivic - '92 Honda Civic CX
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Originally Posted by Flakbadger View Post
Interesting side note: It appears that the chisel-shaped dividers in my upper grille serve to funnel air up and over the hood at freeway speeds. I say this because several butterflies, hornets, mosquitos and grasshoppers are dead in my lower grille, and completely absent in the upper one.

Side note 2: having a well-designed car results in fewer bug spatters on the window too. My old Ranger used to be a veritable bug graveyard by the end of this trip. Now many bugs go up and over the top without hitting anything.
A fringe benefit of aeromodding is you no longer have to clean dead bugs off the front of the car and the car in general stays much cleaner since most of the road dirt/spray/brine kicked up by other cars flows past without impacting on your car.
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