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EcoDrive Racing Prius

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by jukeboy, Nov 23, 2007.

  1. jukeboy

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    I want those rear wheel skirts....
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Nov 23 2007, 02:57 PM) [snapback]543319[/snapback]</div>
    ME 2! Too bad that guy wont go into production. :(
     
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    What, no undertray diffuser?! It provides good reduction of the rear vacuum with no drag. See it on racing Corvettes. Under the rear, where you would expect a spare tire.
     
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  6. efusco

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(David Beale @ Nov 23 2007, 02:14 PM) [snapback]543326[/snapback]</div>
    That really is too bad...seems like it would be an easy part to mass produce and an easy piece to install as well. All those other ground effects and that thing on the back would be trickier and harder to install, but the wheel skirts should be a piece of cake.
    Seems like someone like the shark fin guys who have an association with someone who produces molded plastic parts and gets them painted could find a market for those things.
     
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    I would not mind buying the whole kit if I had to just to get the skirts. Max price I would pay for the whole kit would be about $2500. I would pay $1000 just for the skirts. I thought about making my own but I don’t have the equipment or the experience to do so. :(
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TheForce @ Nov 23 2007, 02:35 PM) [snapback]543334[/snapback]</div>
    Wow, no way would I pay that much... Maybe $300 for the skirts...they just shouldn't be that expensive to produce.


    I'm sure you could find someone to custom manufacture them for $1000.
     
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    From those comments I guess you haven't been messing in the import scene very much, Evan. Body kits are very expensive. Especially the ones from Japan (the good ones). Shipping usually costs more than the part, because they are so big. BTW, the good parts come from places like Japan because there is a large enough market there to have the parts vacuum molded. Here (North America) there hasn't been a very large market, so the parts are hand made on hand made molds, using spray on glass fibre. They usually don't fit, have defects, and are heavy.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(David Beale @ Nov 23 2007, 03:58 PM) [snapback]543365[/snapback]</div>
    You're correct that I don't 'mess with the import scene very much', but I'm aware of the high costs...I just would never pay that much, personally. The looks don't appeal to me or suit my personality and I don't feel the costs are justified. That's not to say others will feel differently.

    But I don't think it would require any Japanese fabricator to produce something as simple as the wheel skirts that was of decent quality and I'd think somebody here in the US should be able to do so within or close to the price range I mentioned.
     
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    I like the wheel skirts too.

    But I wouldn't install the entire kit, which I suspect you'd have to do in order to get the wheel skirts to fit.

    And I wouldn't pay that much for either the entire kit or the wheel skirts alone.
     
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    Personally I think the backend of that Prius is butt ugly. I understand how aerodynamically it makes sense, but ... yuck. But to each their own. That's the joy of being individuals. :)

    More importantly, what wheels and tires are those? The rims are definitely not stock, but the sizing of it all doesn't look very far from stock. Am I mistaken?
     
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    It's just too cool!
     
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    They are Volk Racing CE28 Eco Drive Wheels ...

    Here is the thread on them... :ranger:
     
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