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Old 05-06-2020, 10:56 AM   #29 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Originally Posted by eagle View Post
Too new here and cant post any photos yet, and sorry for the necroposting

yesterday I saw a bluemotion golf tdi upclose, rear spats seem to be a rather plain simple flat straight rectangle while the front are smaller than 1" dont cover the entire width of the tyre , curved, and seem to deflect the air away from the front suspension / front lower arms

so completely different design, I thought they could do more, especially in the back

just my 0.02
They could do more for drag, probably. But there might be a lot of optimization going on in those designs that take into account other priorities, especially brake cooling.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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