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Old 09-24-2019, 12:56 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by GK13 View Post
After I had seen the post about how it should have the active shutters, I pulled up the same resource actually. I looked closer at my vehicle and saw it does hav them, but not to where they would actually help anything. They're on the lower grill but it's so small, I doubt they'd do anything. And they're behind the grill, so it's not like they would smooth out the air much I don't think.
Toyota wouldn't include them if they didn't help anything. It's another expense, and another failure point covered by warranty service.

It's true that placing grill blocks in front of the grill is aerodynamically better, it still is beneficial to place them behind. There's still the benefit of faster warm-up too. The shutters need to be behind the grill so they are protected from damage.
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