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Old 07-12-2012, 10:31 AM
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WHAT THE... Um, is that a hood scoop/visor on the DOOR HANDLE?

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Old 07-12-2012, 10:54 AM
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^ is that a NERF bar?

Looks like they put a shower grab handle as a NERF bar.
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Originally Posted by wrx4memp

WTF is that on the door handle?!? Handle-cozy?

That's a thread-ender, right there gents. Done. Go home.

EDIT: I swear I refreshed my browser window before posting; did not see similar response from 04GG until after mine was up.

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Old 07-12-2012, 12:21 PM
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While almost meaningless after the Focus of the century on pg 32, I offer the following:

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Old 07-12-2012, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by oaklandish_WRX
WTF is that on the door handle?!? Handle-cozy?

That's a thread-ender, right there gents. Done. Go home.

EDIT: I swear I refreshed my browser window before posting; did not see similar response from 04GG until after mine was up.
You are excused, you were blinded by the horror that is that Focus

Just caught this too:

NACA duct that goes nowhere and the "scoop" is sitting on standoffs above the hood

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Old 07-12-2012, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 04GG
Just caught this too:

NACA duct that goes nowhere and the "scoop" is sitting on standoffs above the hood
Could the NACA-to-nowhere be a half-**** attempt at something like these? called airtab by the maker.

A guy in IWSTI.com did a bunch of CFD aerodynamic analysis on these...summary: only helps if you drive over 100K miles/yr.

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Old 07-12-2012, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by oaklandish_WRX
That's a thread-ender, right there gents. Done. Go home.
are you sure about that...??? though it will be very hard to top that focus... but here are some decent runner ups...

The PT Looser





And the SUPER LIMMITED (IQ) RSX





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06-07 wrx hood scoop and those fancy fender things

oh and the fog light covers and grill were sheets of metal with holes drilled into them
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