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Old 01-25-2022, 03:28 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by fawad View Post
Hmm interesting. So it means I should stick with the OEM wheel cover that came with the car (check attached image). Also, does this mean the wheel cover that came with the car is best? Since, I can assume they must have tested it with the car thoroughly.
Not quite; it means we can't say without test results. Since the covers you posted as options are from various manufacturers, it's safe to assume they haven't been tested by the OEM on your car (but, they may have tested similar designs; if they published a paper on the aerodynamic development of the car you can find usually find information like that in there). You could test them yourself, but with the accuracy of home testing only being in the 2-3% range, I don't think you will be able to reliably measure a difference between any of them. As freebeard says, stick with OEM or get one of the others if you like the looks better.
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