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Old 06-05-2017, 11:01 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by GKRenegade View Post
Seems the renegade has recessed headlights and grill. If I put thin clear plastic to smooth it all out, that should help quite a bit with drag yes? If I did that with each recessed item and light on the front, it would have next to no drag especially if I were to silicone all edges. Any thoughts? And I did look under the jeep. No belly pan of any kind. But looks like I can find mounting points. Any reason I shouldn't just wall up the entire underside? Do I need to leave any gaps?
The front of the vehicle is nearly irrelevant, relatively speaking, when compared with the rear. Drag comes mostly from turbulence in your wake.



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