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Old 05-11-2014, 03:49 PM   #4 (permalink)
Rishar
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Angry Bird - '10 Toyota Prius
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard View Post
You should also consider a full belly pan before moving to a boattail, as that would help make the boattail better, and you'd benefit from it whether or not you build a boattail.
The Prius has a pretty good belly pan right off the line. At least the Gen 3, not sure about previous ones. I do need to do a little cleanup for the exhaust. No idea how I'd even begin to tackle the rear suspension though.




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Originally Posted by basjoos View Post
I think a better match would be if you slid the template forward until you lined up the part of the template where the template's upper slope lines up with the Prius' rear upper slope and then see how it looks going back from there. If Toyota did its homework right, there should be attached flow all of the way back to the rear spoiler, but it wouldn't hurt to tuft-test to confirm it.
Moving the template as suggested does show a much better attachment. I suppose the only way to be sure is a tuft test. I'll have to get on that. It is a rather nice day today too.
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