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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 01:44 PM
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Thumbs up RE-Speed: Be the first to guess this product and you'll receive a free one!

We'll here's an odd product for you guys! This is something that if you do long hauls in the RX7 you might of wished you had ... Here's the pictures of it

This one was just cut with tin snip, the ones you guys will be getting will be laser cut.

I should mention people that have tested this product with me are not allowed to say anything ... you know who you are!

PS: I'm dubbing this orange color form now on, experimental orange



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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 01:49 PM
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is...that a air scoop for the door mounted mirrors? To channel air in directly at my face? that would be amazing!
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 01:50 PM
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Hole pattern looks like the flange for the door mirror. Some sort of wind deflector?
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 01:51 PM
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Bolts to the bottom of the mirrors??? I have no clue hahaha
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 01:52 PM
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Damn you guys!!! hahaha
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr_Miles
is...that a air scoop for the door mounted mirrors? To channel air in directly at my face? that would be amazing!
Bingo!!! We have a winner ... didn't think it was that easy. I need a name and address from you!

You can teak it fairly easily to where you want it to channel air to. It actually works pretty well even at low speed. I'll be making them for both right and left sides.

They can also be used to increase air to NACA ducts in the side for racers.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 02:00 PM
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Oh snap :p PM'ed
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 02:00 PM
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Keeps the bugs out of your teeth while driving windows-down.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 02:02 PM
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Can we see installed pics now??
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 02:04 PM
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Keeps the bugs out of your teeth while driving windows-down.
ah haha. that's awesome.

Vent windows are the best things ever so i'm pretty excited to see something like this get made. my GF makes fun of me because i complain about not having vent windows or AC. gotta have airflow 24/7.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 02:06 PM
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How does it look mounted? It gets rather hot without A/C, especially here with the humidity
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 02:13 PM
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Here's pictures of it mounted on the car. Also as a note, they will all be powder coated semi gloss black to not stand out as much, unless you really want them too!



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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 02:27 PM
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does it get rid of thayt annoying wiffle noise from the hole in the mirrors
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 02:30 PM
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does it get rid of thayt annoying wiffle noise from the hole in the mirrors
Not sure what noise you're referring to? You must have a pretty quiet exhaust though

I'm sure it nothing a dab of silicone in that hole can't fix though. Your doors mirrors might of been hit in the past or tweaked creating a gap inbetween there. Or do you have the plastic piece inbetween the door and mirror removed?

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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 02:36 PM
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good idea.....
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 03:20 PM
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Those don't look bad at all, maybe it'll help my mirrors from rattling a bit, too. lol.....
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 03:36 PM
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Nice!!!
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 04:16 PM
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We did the road test with my car. It works really well. I was actually surprised how well it worked at lower speeds. It'll be nice for the long drives to work.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 04:47 PM
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Sign me up! I think the bright orange will be just fine lol.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 04:52 PM
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We should see the laser batch sometime towards the end of this week for them.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 05:02 PM
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yay! my car no a/c so this is certainly a plus
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 05:16 PM
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Nice!!! I'll probably end up getting one for the drivers side.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 05:23 PM
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Could it be done in a way to be easily removable? Without having to "bolt on".

Perhaps a way that could clip to the mirror and the door edge along the window?
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 05:24 PM
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Ummmm......



That doesn't seem to improve the FB lines very much, IMHOP.

Looks like jerky on a 7.

I live in the Atlanta area, we just put up our windows when it gets hot. AC or no AC.

Let's get back to basics, suspension upgrades, fuel cells and ways to make 12A's last forever.
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Old Aug 14, 2011 | 05:37 PM
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Oh you old guys with 12as.... lol
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