Bertone
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Im testing out a "front spoiler grill add-on" that I've made with spray foam....still in prototype phase....will cone back with more details once finished... ![Big grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Nah, just the duct tape over the shut lines, it’s what we used in the tunnel when tracing flow.......robthebold said:Boxbrownie said:Don’t forget to tape over all the shut lines also :lol:Bertone said:Re-opening this topic...
I believe the front of the i3 could have been made more aerodynamic by the BMW engineers.
If you look at the area between the front headlights and "kidneys", it is not a very smooth surface...in fact air will flow between the headlight and kidney and be trapped under the frunk area producing drag.
Perhaps those "holes" could be "filled" with, for instance, polystyrene to form a smooth surface. Also the kidneys can be made more smooth "filling them up"..
The difficulty is to make a perfect fit...but polystyrene is a light and easy-to-work with-material so perhaps it is doable.
What do you think? Just a crazy idea....??
I think caulk would be even better, combined with taking a green sharpie to the edges of the windows.
Bertone said:BTW it has been rather windy today when I drove the car, and I've noticed that the i3 is very wind sensitive....
What magnitude of high wind do you mean? I find even a 35mph crosswind very noticeably buffeting me around.Boxbrownie said:Bertone said:BTW it has been rather windy today when I drove the car, and I've noticed that the i3 is very wind sensitive....
This is something I hear a lot from i3 owners, but I can honestly say ours is very stable at high speed (70 mph) in very high winds including crosswinds, they get very strong down here.
Down here in Cornwall we get storm force winds slightly inland as well as coastal, say around 50-60 mph winds, easily enough to lift the windscreen wiper off the glass and fold it back on itself, first time that happens it’s a bit of a shock........I do admit though at those wind speeds (not very often thankfully) you do have to hold the steering wheel securely, and although you can feel the wind buffeting the car it never feels like it’s causing instability issues at speed.robthebold said:What magnitude of high wind do you mean? I find even a 35mph crosswind very noticeably buffeting me around.Boxbrownie said:Bertone said:BTW it has been rather windy today when I drove the car, and I've noticed that the i3 is very wind sensitive....
This is something I hear a lot from i3 owners, but I can honestly say ours is very stable at high speed (70 mph) in very high winds including crosswinds, they get very strong down here.
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