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Old 12-30-2014, 05:18 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Wheel trims on the inside of rims?

One thing that has always occurred to me:

There is often room to fit an inside edge wheel trim, obviously an inner hole is required to clear brakes etc but I have never seen it done before.


Might have a little experiment to do

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Old 12-30-2014, 07:38 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Only the bottom edge of the wheel's inside sees direct airflow, so the effects are going to be tiny. Best off to simply stick to the undertray and tyre deflectors.
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Old 12-30-2014, 04:00 PM   #3 (permalink)
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You mean something like this?

http://www.kleenwheels.com
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I've always thought a combo like kleenwheels and smooth covers on the outside would be a great combo. You could just attach the outside cover to the kleenwheel inner cover.
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Like this:


I have had similar plates in seat and in my lupo...

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