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Old 05-11-2018, 07:00 PM   #21 (permalink)
Angel And The Wolf
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
This is a modification to the car body itself, but it's the shape you want.)
Yes, I know it's not the profile the tool has. I doubled the drop off curve to keep the tail short, and put the same profile on the bottom.
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
If you boat tail from inside to inside of the tail lights it saves a lot of fiddling with wiring & etc., but it induces separation before the boat tail. So — put wickerbills or Gurney flaps at the leading edge of the taillights to wrap the airflow around.
I was thinking of clear plexiglas covering the car's tail lights in the same angle as the boat tail, so the lights would show through. The lights at the tip of the tail need not be turn or brake lights, but just rearmost running lights and license plate lights, if the Prius' regular brake/stop/turn signal lights can be seen. Of course, access to the hatch is by sliding the boat tail out of the receiver far enough for the hatch to be opened.

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