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Old 09-07-2019, 01:35 AM   #25 (permalink)
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This is what I did to touareg. They use similars in big trucks and they work there in windtunnels. So it routes the air to the side of the tire. There are still smalle flaps in normal positions for the air that escapes behind that flap.
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