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Old 08-08-2008, 10:17 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Arminius View Post
It looks like the mini-skirt on the first picture was just short enough to give access to the wheel in case of the need of a tire change, without removing the skirt.

Honda and Toyota have made mods on their hybrids that, perhaps, aren't as noticeable. They've simply reduced the size of the wheel well.
I've never had the chance to examine any modern wheel skirt, but IIRC, about changing tires back around 1960, the wheel skirts always had to be removed before changing the tire. They were attached with clips and weren't hard to remove.
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