What are the mudflap type things in front of the wheels for

I've only really noticed them on Saab's before

 

The mudflap thingies which Honda absent mindedly put infront of the wheels??

2 theories - an aero-aid or to deflect water away fron the wheels in heavy rain.

I go for the rain theory as my wife's Stream has them as well!

 

Thats the one's.


My first thoughts were for deflecting stuff away from the tyres (Air/water).

 

Mine are sawn off - looks less silly, and allows me to hang my lip over curbs.

EDIT: Oh, I use tyres with water channels, so probably don't need the aero moisture deflectors.

 

for when you decide to rally it with land rovers.

 

they are for warning you you might scrape the underside on a curb when your hanging your front end over it.



CTR -

 

What about the one's at the rear then?

 

also not fitted to JDM's.. so I assumed it was for something to do with aero effect above 110mph

 

There was a pic a while ago (cant find it at the moment) thats showed an S on the track with loads of water being defelcting from the front flap thingies and keeping it off tge tyres.

 

They are there for aerodynamic reasons. If you remove them you will increase drag, most noticeably at higher speeds and remove a few mph from your top speed. Economy will also suffer.

Most cars have them these days (some smaller than others )- just depends on the cars aero that's all. A major part of a cars overall drag is due to the wheels/tyres.

Andy