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are spacer and flares rice or genuinely functional? thinking about putting them on my s13
They have become associated with stancefags but if you're on a budget it works I guess. However, if you're just putting on wheels with different offset or just wider tires with a (mostly) stock engine then it's absolutely rice since it's still gonna be pretty slow.
>>13987941
They're not. Put on the fattest meats you can, then put tire spats in front and vent the rears. You want it to look something like this.
>>13987950
unf. agreed.
>>13987941
theyre fucking ugly as shit, but due to legalities where i live the tire must be covered from above so lots of people fit them when trying to fit wider tires.
Remember, functional aero looks like shit. If you want your car to look good, just give up now on making it fast and do whatever you want. If you want to win races, you're going to have to get used to driving what looks like a failed abortion.
This is now an aero thread. Post aeros.
>>13987984
It don't matter man. If you want to put them on your s13 then do it, it's your car.
>>13987941
That depends on the camber angle.
But if you are going to use spacers & flares you better be rocking something better than that wheezepot of an engine.
>>13987976
this
>>13988012
more ugly aero
>>13988012
>>13988022
>>13988018
without the long tail
>>13988035
damn I love those louvers
>>13987976
I beg to differ
>>13988047
And then you realize that that's one of the lowest downforce cars in this entire thread.
>>13988049
holy shit now that is some aero. doesn't even look real.
love this one
this makes me wonder what F1 cars would look like with unregulated aero
>>13988084
Something like this, apparently.
Rule #1 of aero: cover the god damned tires.
>>13988103
>>13988103
those low slung wings are super disruptive to cars behind them too, they'd never happen. there wouldn't be any passing.
I thought wheel flares were functional and protected increase wheel width in the event the wheel extended past the side of the car. Am I wrong and they are just for show?
>>13987941
>spacers and flares.
spacers and flares are unrelated..
and flares are for wider tires and wider tires aren't rice
what a dumb question
From a functional standpoint spacers are usually added to wide wheels to prevent rubbing instead of tubbing the inner wheel wells. The quarters are then cut and flares added to compensate for the negative offset and greater radius.
>>13988111
Ah, so that's how they did it.
>>13988121
From an aerodynamic standpoint, only the front of the tires needs to be covered. Covering the top and rear of the tire causes air to build up and create a high pressure zone, generating lift on the chassis and drag on the tires.
aero thread?
>>13988084
>>13988103
have you cunts SEEN and LMP car lately? the top spec ones are basically F1 cars with covered wheels, its really weird.
>>13988057
i love how they call it a tacoma.
like it has any corolation to an actual tacoma
>>13988194
Probably the same wheelbase. I don't see what else they might share. For some reason I want to say it's actually NAStruck based, but I'm pretty sure this predates Camping World Truck Series by ages.
functional aero looks good. Unrestricted functional aero is what looks goofy.
>>13987958
What car is this?
>inb4 dodge stratus
>>13988349
NB miata
>>13988222
I think it was based on the Celica racecar or something like that, which also shared very little with its namesake.
>>13988047
Those wheels are fucking awful
>>13990305
nah
