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Old 01-29-2015, 08:15 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Seems like a good idea at first blush, but it would make things worse. The airflow at the base of the A pillar isn't traveling straight back in a way that could be meaningfully 'corraled' like that- it's going across at a good angle. So that plate would cause separation & recirculation behind it, and that would make a mess of the flow along the side of the car.
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