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Old 05-01-2013, 04:14 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by slowmover View Post
IOW, I'd try the -tabs on a trailer (and may) and not consider it a waste if the trailer exhibited some better behavior in winds. Around $220 for a kit.
I do not feel like I have contributed much to this forum, even though I spend tons of time here. At most I kind of sort of slightly remember something that I read in one thread sufficiently to find it again sometimes. I did try to marine-shrink my hubcaps, but since they are the bolt-through type, that was doomed to failure.

You need to attach them somehow.

I still have one idea that I will try after finals.

I am reminded of the expression that some people exist to serve as a lesson to others and I think that I have provided some entertainment on occasion. I was thinking that this was something that I could do, just have you guys decide how to scientifically test them and I would do so.

I could record myself reading my notes and then loop that, or something.

Honestly, though, for $220, I just do not see the return on investment. That would be like replacing stock rims with ones that weigh negligibly more, but might be more aerodynamic.
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