Aerodynamics of a bug

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Thanks for the reply Spannermananger…

I was wondering if it was worth the effort with the running boards but probably not, I didn't think about the jacking points.

Also thanks Judgie on the heads up on balancing the corner weights.

Another area of the car that I do want to play with is the rear bumper.As I have a front bumper spoiler I want to build/modify a rear bumper from an old beetle/porsche body kit I have.One reason for this is to give the car a balanced look when viewed from the side.A standard rear bumper with my front end would look odd.The standard beetle bumper on an 03 is in my mind a kind of box shaped parachute.Just the shape seems to me to be totally wrong and the drag and turbulence it must create surely would add to rear end instability ? Or do you think that the air is mainly detached by the time it reaches the bumper ?

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