Front wheel flaps
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Originally Posted by cosmomiller' timestamp='1428022473' post='23564819
There is a lot of effort that goes into design and engineering of a car like this. It does not appear that those flaps are only aesthetic in nature; they perform some function. A simple explanation may be the only reason for their presence or it could be something else that we may not have thought of. We don't know.
Coming from an aviation community, I know for a fact there can be many significant factors in design and maintenance that should not be given short thrift because someone makes a snapshot decision on the importance of a procedure or part. The safe and correct way is to assume the designers know what they are doing and stick with what has been demonstrated. Disasters have occured from the omission of a seemingly insignificant step, part or substitution for expediency.
Coming from an aviation community, I know for a fact there can be many significant factors in design and maintenance that should not be given short thrift because someone makes a snapshot decision on the importance of a procedure or part. The safe and correct way is to assume the designers know what they are doing and stick with what has been demonstrated. Disasters have occured from the omission of a seemingly insignificant step, part or substitution for expediency.
And for the record: they are still on my car: obviously
The mounting point is strong enough, you can not rip them off by hand, can you?
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I mean, open the window at 160 km/h and stick out your hand.
It will not be ripped off (hopefully)
Even at 240 km/h it will not, I guess, never tried.
But if your hand hits a sign post or something, it will.
Btw.. how long ago would a post about 3D-printing car parts be looked at as if you "just came back from the future...."
10 years, 15 years, or less?
What a time to be alive.
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The hit did not revive the road kill but the next S won't have to worry about their flaps getting torn off. The 3 d printing is amazing. What if we all chipped in and bought a printer so we could keep a permanent parts supply.
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Reviving from the dead in case anyone wants this info...
When ordering from your local dealer they are called 'strakes'. Two different part numbers front and rear, rears are cheaper.
RF: 74102-S2A-000
LF: 74152-S2A-000
RR: 74474-S2A-L00
LR: 74485-S2A-J00
Fronts list for $37.00 and rears list for $23.61.
When ordering from your local dealer they are called 'strakes'. Two different part numbers front and rear, rears are cheaper.
RF: 74102-S2A-000
LF: 74152-S2A-000
RR: 74474-S2A-L00
LR: 74485-S2A-J00
Fronts list for $37.00 and rears list for $23.61.
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