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Old 07-16-2015, 03:36 AM   #10 (permalink)
Eddie25
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I have this type bonnet guard with a slight raised lip on my Tucson and my younger brother has it on his car golf mk1 (rabbit shape).
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We use to travel together for work and share cars and in both cars i noticed the drops flying off the guard striking the window about 1/3 up the windscreen at speeds of up to 70 kph. cant help but wonder how much of the air is actually deflected over the windscreen wipers. I then did a further test. A few days ago it was raining quite big rain drops but not a lot of them so i looked at how the patterns of drops flow off the windscreen while tailing a truck without switching the wipers on. When the truck turned off i noticed the drops moving a lot faster (predictable). i then sped up to about 65mph and noticed the drops in the bottom 1/3 to 1/4 of the windscreen not moving at all and the drops above streaking off to the top.
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