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Old 04-10-2016, 11:31 PM   #55 (permalink)
Daschicken
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Rear wheel spats and more undertray

More progress on the underside today, 2 more panels added on.
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This area of the underside already had some aerodynamic panels on it, but it still had plenty of room for improvement.

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New rear wheel spats! The new undertray panels presented a flat surface for me to mount spats to. My previous spats were pretty bad, Never tried them out because they didn't look beneficial. Mounting the spats required machining L brackets, including drilling new holes and cutting off excess material. Just eyeballing them, I think the spats are mounted too far away from the wheel, looks like they should be an inch closer.

I have driven the car with one panel on it, and no rear wheel spats, haven't noticed a clear improvement. With two panels and the rear wheel spats in place I expect to notice an improvement on my next drive.
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