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Originally Posted by mcrews
What I am being to realize is that 'everything has a reason'.
While my spats point inward another car may point out.
As I stated a while back in other thread, the actually are engineers at these manufacturers who are earing their degrees. Some times it's just more obvious than others.
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I have been wondering same thing, I decided on a compromise. I thought the Mercedes ML 350 (some models / recent year at least) has good factory spats. They seem to, at a minimum, keep the air off of front of tire, and they curve and taper inwards. Maybe a bit out too.
I mounted plastic PEX bend supports just in front of the front tires. Grainger item # 10A675.
I will be mounting lawn edging, maybe 2 or 3 inches down, in them using zip ties. Since it is 90 deg. curved, I angled them so they are pointing a bit back, not straight out the side. So I will have some air curved out into the side, and some inwards past my lower control arm.
I agree, without resources the aero engineers have, I am going on what SEEMS to work for other designs, and felt that getting air off of tire is good. I do not have a clean underside, so i figure some air each way is better then not.
2004 Malibu Maxx. Left front wheel well
