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Old 12-07-2002, 05:34 AM
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Do you think I would ruin the car or not?
Don't forget I'm thinking of taking it to car stereo shows. There is quite a younger generation at these shows. The only thing I would not be able to do is put the side skirts on. There is a front lip to but I could not do two pictures to post.
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That wing thing!? Hideous!!

Now, the lower body skirts look pretty good, in the picture.
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<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/42858/keraudia8bakspoil.jpg"></center><p>Here is the actual picture I found off of a swedish website. Something different for sure.<ul><li><a href="http://www.dalhems.com/stylingsidor/stylingbilder/kerscher/keraudia8bakspoil.jpg">http://www.dalhems.com/stylingsidor/stylingbilder/kerscher/keraudia8bakspoil.jpg</a</li></ul>
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Default Wheels are OK. Rest of kit is hideous (sorry). Kerscher usually

fiberglass. That means it is fragile to bumps and chips, as well as usually being ripply.
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I don't like the wheels, rear valence looks good
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PIMP CAR!!!!!!!!!!!
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Default <img src="">

Using the above in the body of the message, and inserting the link address to an image between the quotes, allows you to put as many pics anywhere in a post as you'd like.

And my opinion:

Wheels are OK, but NO to the wing and sideskirts.

The rear valence looks good, especially if it's at least semi-functional. What's directly behind those three holes? If they just vent to the spare tire housing, bummer. If they vent relatively cleanly from the bottom of the car, it's the start of a diffuser. Using ducts to vent to these from as far foward as possible does two good things. Filling the aerodynamic "hole" behind the car with air from under the car reduces drag and could create a modest amount of downforce by increasing the velocity of the air flowing under the car.

Integrated functional diffusers in the rear bodywork of street cars are just beginning to appear, such as on this Ferrari 360 Modena, but they've been used on race cars for years. Combined with clean air flow under the nose and venturi tunnels molded into the underbody, high speed stability is dramatically improved. I'd like to see something like this on the next S8.

<img src="http://www.ferrari.com/ferrari/images/360_modena/780x490/photo_rear.jpg">

In the photo below, note the twin venturi tunnels extending from near the middle of the car back to alongside the rear tires.

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Sideskirts are awful. A boxed look like the Audi TT would be better....

Rear skirt looks tacked on. Quad exhaust rear skirt would be better...

Spoiler looks too Toyota. A small lip spoiler like BMW M5 would be better...
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You want cool take alook at this.
www.gemballa.com Go for the British flag.
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Default I think the only unwritten rule among most Audi fans you may choose not to break...

...is not to gold-plate any trim. Right?! ;-)


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