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Old 02-28-2014, 01:23 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Ideally (e.g. not in the movie prop world), the 'skirt' part of it would be removable from the fender part so that changing the flat would involve popping off the skirt and then doing a standard wheel removal ... no hugging the front tire required.

The bigger problem (I think) is hitting a nice deep pothole while having the wheel cranked over... I'd expect that the fender attached to the suspension would contact the fender of the car.
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