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Old 12-04-2012, 07:26 PM   #139 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by radioranger View Post
anybody tried to relocate the mirrors to a better spot on the car say lower on the door or a bit further back from the windshield a pillar, I'm thinking as the air goes around the windshield there is a shadow there that might be ideal for mirror placement even if it was stuck to the side window somehow or offset from the stock location with a plate more towards the rear of the car, etc.
Some of the auto makers who published findings on their wind tunnel work with mirrors found it effective to simply move the mirrors further away from the body,into slower air.
AeroVironment did this for the Impact,and Subaru for their XT,both of 1987.
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