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Originally Posted by COcyclist
I believe the Gen 1 Insight has what we (in the US) call “fender skirts” where part of the wheel opening is covered and “spats” has been used on this forum to describe the tire deflectors used in front of the tires. (Front Deflectors? p. 158 in Julian’s book). There has been some confusion about this term in the past here. I think it would be helpful if we could agree on what we are calling the various mods we try. I am happy to defer to the experts.
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Wheel spats have been used to indicate external wheel covers for a very long time - in aircraft, back to at least the 1930s.
I have never seen spats used to describe tyre deflectors except here.