Flaps in front of rear tire
8/16/10, 04:56 PM
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Flaps in front of rear tire
What are those flaps in front of the rear tire for? They are connected to the side skirts. Mine seem to be taking a beating. My passenger side one was all tweeked. When I moved it to put it back straight a bunch of pebbles came out. Any one experience the same thing?
8/16/10, 06:04 PM
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What are those flaps in front of the rear tire for? They are connected to the side skirts. Mine seem to be taking a beating. My passenger side one was all tweeked. When I moved it to put it back straight a bunch of pebbles came out. Any one experience the same thing?
, though not doing much in terms of saving fuel.
8/16/10, 06:53 PM
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I believe it's one of those little detail differences between the 2010s and the 2011s. They're for aerodynamics. I am guess they help at high speeds. My 1999 BMW 540i 6MT had them, and they were more pronounced. Maybe it's something that's handy on the autobahn?
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What are those flaps in front of the rear tire for? They are connected to the side skirts. Mine seem to be taking a beating. My passenger side one was all tweeked. When I moved it to put it back straight a bunch of pebbles came out. Any one experience the same thing?
8/16/10, 09:17 PM
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The EXACT same thing happened to mine...passenger side flap in front of rear wheel was bent and twisted to hell...I dont remember anything happening to cause that flap to get all bent out of shape like it was...it was kind of a struggle to get it sitting right again! I never bottomed out, curbed it, or even took it that fast. Strange...perhaps there is some twisting and torquing going on pulling it out of position?
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