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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 06:20 PM
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 06:33 PM
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Old Feb 19, 2009 | 04:37 PM
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Any one?
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 04:43 PM
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i dont think that a 5-6mil vinyl will change anything... the surface wont look like a golf ball..
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 05:11 PM
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Sorry to burst your bubble wrap DJ, but a car does not spin like a golf ball, so this is pointless AND ugly... If you want to improve aerodynamics lower your car... Thats about all you can do with the box...
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Old Feb 19, 2009 | 10:36 PM
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actually shaffnasty.. the car doesnt have to spin to take advantage of the dimpled effects.. a baseball player (dont remember his name) dimpled his bat before so it was more aerodynamic.. and it worked like a charm.... he hit further and got more home-runs because of it.. then they banned bats like that from the league.. so it does work...

i dunno how well it would work on our cars.. no only that.. but yeah.. its pretty ugly.. and i wouldnt put it on MY car.. but djbombsquad.. whatever you want to do with your car is up to you.. dont need others to say what looks good
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