Covered rear wheel openings

[kambites]

And herein lies the problem that car manufacturers are up against. Even on here, almost everyone values form over function.

[clonmult]

Chiswickboy said:

EDLT said:

kambites said:

TommyBuoy said:

Is there not a particular E class AMG that has covered rear wheels?

*goes to find picture*

It's the latest Brabus thing, I think.

Does that look crap or does that look crap?

IMHO

Nope, you're wrong.

It looks seriously crap. Even worse than a Khan "design".

[stewy68]

It always makes me wonder what would have happened if Ford had produced the Sierra along tighter lines to the original concept.

[JonnyVTEC]

Just two Dzeus fasteners at the base of the cover either side of the wheel. Pretty straight forward, especially as rear tyres last so long, just have to roll the car around when doing tyre pressure.

[NLB]

On the right car, it looks great - I would say that, wouldn't I, as an ex Citroen CX owner:



That includes the Series 1 Insight posted above (I was tempted to buy one ages ago largely because of the "streamliner" looks... never took the idea anywhere, but if fuel goes up more, I might consider it).

On the CX, it was no trouble to remove the things - just one fastener, which could be turned by hand, with no tools required. I'd be all in favour of bringing them back, if a car was styled correctly to have them as a feature, rather than having them tacked on (that Brabus is awful).

[Engineer1]

Great idea and a brilliant aerodynamic feature, the thing is modern cars are designed with a flare or other feature round the rear wheel arch so filling it as per the Merc looks daft.

[BenMk3]

So how about this?




RE Amemiya RX-7, not the only RX-7 of this vintage to have similar covers

[attym3]

stewy68 said:

The BX didn't have a removable panel, but with the suspension, that wasn't a problem.
I personally like cars with covered/faired-in rear wheels although the original design has to lend itself to this or it just looks wrong/bloated, etc.

Edited for diabolical grammar.

Edited by stewy68 on Thursday 27th January 13:35

With citroens, you just put the suspension lever in the top slot. You can remove a wheel without a jack and even drive home on 3 wheels!! (not recommended)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HK2nTRvm_s&fea...

Mark

Edited by attym3 on Thursday 27th January 20:00

[StuStu]

Or alternatively cover all the wheels ......

Just an excuse to post picture cos it is so gorgeous