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Old 06-03-2013, 01:02 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
Nice and clean and secure. One pointer to think about. The side skirts under semi trucks sweep outward as they go back so that they are about even with the out plane of the rear tires when they reach them. Maybe that's an advantageous design for you too? Also, can you take it back a little further, closer to the rear tire?
Yeah, I definitely will take them back farther.

Actually, I've lloked at the skirts are trucks are fairly flat--but so are the body panels of the trailers. Plus, the tires are fully under the trailer. Unfortuantely, on my truck the body pansle slope inward and tehy go towards the ground, leaving the bottom side of the tires sticking out. So far I haven't come up with a good, clean way of flaring the skirt out.
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