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Originally Posted by serialk11r
Ah that makes sense. One of my headlamps is destroyed so it's an awkward, large cavity at the front of the car. Usually there isn't much in the way of crosswinds as in the Bay Area we have a lot of "sealed off" freeways (walls on either side), and there are tons of buildings and not much wind in the first place, but when I hit the bridges across the Bay, where there are significant sidewinds, that one small change seems to have ruined my crosswind stability as I find myself fighting crosswinds with steering input a lot more. Need to replace the lamp...
So the radiused trailing edge of the fender is generally a good idea, and otherwise you'd want the fender to be flush, not flared?
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I'd recommend the radius if you're not going to later do skirts.
As to the flared vs flush.You don't want want to add frontal area if you can keep from it.
The 1936 Jaray Adler had 'bulged' front skirts which added frontal area and they were only good for a 1% drag reduction.
The flush urethane flexible front skirts on the 1983 Probe-IV concept helped reduce drag 9%.
If you had to camber the skirt to clear the wheel you'd still get a benefit.We just do the best with what we've got.
