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Old 04-25-2018, 10:29 PM   #257 (permalink)
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Really really nice work, on all of it! Do you have any more details on the rear wheel dams? From what I can tell, they are shaped, rather than just flat dams as on the front wheels. Had you thought about shaped dams on the front?
Yeah, those are actually the rear wheel fairings from the 2014- Ford C-Max hybrid. Ford makes fairings for the front as well, and so does BMW on the 3- and 4-series and Porsche on the 911, that could be retrofitted; I just haven't gotten around to it.

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