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Old 05-02-2019, 10:52 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by euromodder View Post
Fabricating an effective air curtain out of the blue is not gonna happen.
The dynamics are a bit too complicated.
It's just a convergent duct, and the OEM pieces are available for cheap from a variety of manufacturers. I bought the ducts from a Hyundai Ioniq for $6 each; one of my summer projects this year is to retrofit them to the Prius.
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