What are these two flaps for?
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What are these two flaps for?
The car came with a couple of these flaps on both sides; located at underneath the front bumper, near front wheel wells (pic attached). What are these for and is it safe if I remove both of them?
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#2
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I don't know, but there are two similar flaps on the front that hang down, too. Walk out in front of the vehicle and bend over to look under and you'll see them.
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#5
I have wondered, too. Anybody knows?
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Racer
Maybe they are there for aerodynamic stabilization? Meaning, if they are removed, will the fenderwell plastics shake and rattle at certain speeds?
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Last edited by NXOwner; 06-29-07 at 11:20 PM.
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#8
Wind split is what I believe they are called or so my brother in law called them. He has a background in aircraft and said it was part of an aero treatment. He was surprised to see them on a RX.
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Cant say it is a fact, but most probably the reason is aerodynamics ... change the flow of air for sound reason.
It would not be there if there is no reason for it. So do not remove it.
Salim
It would not be there if there is no reason for it. So do not remove it.
Salim
#13
The wind noise must be it...feeler for curb....too soft.
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They are called “Wind splitters”, and I can tell you what happens when you loose one. At speeds in excess of 70, the turbulence caused by the fender design will suck your inner fender liners down onto your tires. Happened to me in New Mexico, lost a splitter on the left front (hit a piece of tire rubber on the highway), by the time we got to Phoenix AZ, the fender liner on the left side had two substantial holes rubbed in it by the tire, and when I got over about 75 on the road, it sounded like someone dragging fingernails on a chalkboard. Lexus fixed it right up, but it "ain't cheap".