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Originally Posted by inTgr8r
One of the main problems with our car is the way the bumper undercuts the front tire.
The exposed rotating tire is a big air flow disturbance.
To help with this BMW added the front air ducts which pressurizes the wheel well.
This helps to push the air past the wheels.
The problem with this is it adds a lot of lift in the wheel wells.
With the custom pieces, the air flows naturally past the wheel arch
and allows the front air ducts to be closed off.
(I'm using them to run brake cooling ducts)
Also, the original APR wasn't big enough to balance the car with a large wing.
(I think they do larger ones now on request)
They other reason is I got tired of the APR look.
JMO, but the plastic edging looks very low end to me.
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I came here to be schooled on aero, and I got exactly that. Thanks for the info. Do you feel as if a GT wing will completely mess with the cars handling and balance without large front end aero? Will a mild amount of rake help with this as well?