Front wheel skirts
Introduction
Front wheel skirts have many of the same benefits as rear wheel skirts, but are a lot harder to make because the front wheels have to steer!
Front skirts have appeared on a few high MPG concept cars, and a few EcoModder members have tackled the project, but this mod is not for the faint of heart.
Contents
Instructions for mod
Information required: How do people perform this modification, pictures, problems, what to look out for
Information required: A listing for different ways to do this if its different on different types of cars
User experiences
Please enter your user name and any relevant data in the table
| User Name | Car Make, Model, Year | Cost of Mod | Time to Perform Mod | MPG Before Mod | MPG After Mod | MPG improvement guess | Instruction Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Example Data Saand | Example Data Mazda, 626, 1991 | Example Data $5 USD | Example Data 1 Hour | Example Data 27.2 | Example Data 29.8 | User mod detail or measurement detailed data |
Problems / Consequences of mod
- A few looks from other drivers
- Difficulty changing flat tire (depends on method of mounting rear skirts)
References
Forum thread links
Video: tuft testing front wheel skirts (Geo Metro)
DIY rubber front wheel skirts (Dihatsu Mira)
Aerocivic - how to drop your Cd from 0.34 to 0.17
Designing & building front wheel skirts v1.0 (Geo Metro)
External links
Flow Field Features and Aerodynamic Drag of Passenger Car <<< Page 27, Wheels a major drag contributor
