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Old 04-02-2022, 10:44 AM   #30 (permalink)
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The two main things I thing would be easiest to do would be to make a smooth undertray ( girlfriends mom is a professional welder so it shouldn’t be too hard) and then a rear wheel spat that looks cool and OEM and could be removable. I’d also like to someone make the back of the car have a box cavity type styling with the edges going slightly inwards to reduce the wake. Not going to go the full boat tail route for practical reasons.
Those all sound like a good starting point. Build them out of cheap, disposable materials first and test them. Every time I test, I am surprised at what works that I didn't think would work, and what doesn't work that I really thought would.
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