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Technical Bulletin--Side Skirt Modification--8-6-09


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  • National Staff
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Technical Bulletin (8-6-09):

 

All vehicles:

Aerodynamics Section Revision:

9) Add or modify side skirts +2 (side skirts must be vertical only, and cannot connect to any other aero component)

Posted

Do you consider a fender flare an aero component?

 

I do, and I don't think I have ever seen a side skirt that wasn't tied in to the fender flares.

  • Members
Posted
Do you consider a fender flare an aero component?

 

I do, and I don't think I have ever seen a side skirt that wasn't tied in to the fender flares.

 

 

Theres one:

ae023-02_nissan_fairlady_z32_side_skirt.jpg

 

and another:

nissan_fairlady_z32_c2_side_skirts.jpg

 

and another:

VW_Golf_IV_side_skirts.jpg

 

and another:

BMW%20E90%20side%20skirts.jpg

 

and another:

IMG_0137.jpg

 

and another:

rsx-2002-side-skirts.jpg

 

 

and there are a zillion more that google showed me.

  • National Staff
Posted

Shawn, the first two that you showed would not be legal because they are not "vertical only". Flared fenders and rolled fenders are on the no-points mod list (to allow wider tires), but if they are more than just a "flared fender" and have some type of "added" aero component, then they are probably in violation of this anyway:

If a modification is not specifically allowed by the rules, it is prohibited. A permitted item

cannot be modified to perform either a prohibited function, or the function of an item that would

otherwise be assessed points under the modification rules. Vehicle legality is the sole

responsibility of the driver.

  • Members
Posted
Shawn, the first two that you showed would not be legal because they are not "vertical only". Flared fenders and rolled fenders are on the no-points mod list (to allow wider tires), but if they are more than just a "flared fender" and have some type of "added" aero component, then they are probably in violation of this anyway:

If a modification is not specifically allowed by the rules, it is prohibited. A permitted item

cannot be modified to perform either a prohibited function, or the function of an item that would

otherwise be assessed points under the modification rules. Vehicle legality is the sole

responsibility of the driver.

 

 

 

It was a quick google search that was going more for the "do not attach to a fender flare".

We may need to look into the wording because the stock M3 skirts have some of that aero shape already in them.

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