Fender Vents real or fake
 

If the fender vents are fake, I might just cry.

Reminds me of those chrome stick on fender vents from Kragens... :barf:

What are the odds they are real?

They will be real...

http://www.248am.com/images/dremel300.jpg

lol

If they're real, I would rather have the vents from the mk1

lmao

Ditto though. I will be doing the same.

Pay a little extra to get them filled in. :D

Fake as a mustangs

We're running low on things to complain about, I see. IAA is only a couple days away, wait it out.

I want to vents on FR-S concept to be real. :thanks: Toyota!

even though I know the likelihood is well below 10% ><

I want the vents to have signal lights.

Hmm... I wonder if I could reconfigure the exhaust to exit out those vents...

That would be nicely unique for sure. I doubt they will keep them unfortunately

+1 I want the vents of FR-S. It has no.

you sound like a mad man!!

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/l...arnsworth1.jpg

The hardest part would be trying to figure out where to put the muffler(s). Otherwise, may as well straight pipe it and keep it on the track

Gotta watch out for the exhaust burning the paint.

True. I think that's a factor that would have to be taken into account regardless of whether the exhaust exits through the fenders or under the rear bumper.

Since this is a retarded amount of theoretical fabrication, anyways... Why not custom mill a trim plate out of aluminum that would surround the fender vent and not worry quite so much about the paint? The most at risk paint is that which is closest to the exhaust tip. Also, the exhaust tip would have to extend slightly beyond the fender to minimize paint damage.

id imagine its not possible since there would be a tire in there

Who needs tires? :bellyroll:

I hope the production version doesn't have them. However, it wouldn't be the end of the world if it does. If they're chrome, they can be color matched to the body fairly easily, one would hope.

Won't buy any version that has fake vents.

I'll lose 100% respect for the car.

What vents are we talking about here?

http://i.imgur.com/QgnuR.jpg

Either way it'll be a pain to detail.

the fender vent on ferrari's FF is used to vacate the pressure build up in the front wheel wells. ferrari also has small rear vents for the rear tires. so anyways, i remember there was talk about how the FT-86 I design was changed to the FT-86 II due to aerodynamics. the fender vents debuted on the FT-86 II, related? Hmmm...

http://media.il.edmunds-media.com/fe..._33111_717.jpg

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/attac...6&d=1298969682

notice how on the FT-86 II there are both front and rear fender vents? i dunno if the rear vents will make it to production, but the front vents are here to stay. they very well may be decoration only, BUT the fact that they are in the same general area as the functional ferrari FF vents AND that the FT-86 II design is aero improved makes me think it just may be functional....

Wait a minute, The camo covers the vents on the mules. But if they were real wouldn't the camo peal away or rip from the air pressure venting out?

that's a good point. but i dont think the pressures would be high enough to blow the tape off. on the concept there is that chrome M3 style bar on the vent. that means the vent is probably non-functional. however if the real car doesnt have the bar, then it very well may be functional. even if its functional, its just a small aero aid. it probably wont have a huge impact. look at the relative size of the FF's vent. that vent means business. the FT? not so much...

either way it looks cool, and it goes well with the styling so i like it...

okay, if we were to have the vents, what would they be used for? I mean, vents on a fender? I know for the MR2 one side goes to the air intake and the other to the intercooler and they are on the back.

they vent hot air from the engine/brakes. They have been around forever but only in the last decade became a "fashion statement" when buick started putting fake ones on their new car, then everyone started doing it. The MR2 vents face forward and scoop air into the intake/intercooler. These face backwards and vent hot air out of the engine compartment and front wheel well.

The camo had holes poked where the vents are

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....subaru-brz.jpg

If you look at that spot in some of the other photos, it looks different in each. Sometimes it's blurred or blacked out. Other times the clear outline of what looks like the 86 badge can be seen.

this is true usually for fender vents that are vertical and right behind the wheels. the vents higher up are usually used to evacuate the turbulent air in the wheel well.

its just the camera angle. there is tape covering the vent and badge...

On the M3 one vent is functional, the one on the drivers side, the other is for looks, but well it would look weird with a vent only on one side.

i dont think its as simple as forward or backward facing. i think its more about low and high pressures

Could someone provide visual examples on the mules for the existence (or not) of these vents?

Looks like it is just some kind of tape. It looks different in every photo. There is definitely something there. It is either a vent or the ft86 logo. Someone in the "unmasking the prototype" thread who has supposedly seen the production model said the vents are there. http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=508
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....subaru-brz.jpg
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....subaru-brz.jpg
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....subaru-brz.jpg

In the last two you can see the outline of something, looks very similar to the outline of the vent on the concept.

http://i.imgur.com/W9aMR.png

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/attac...2&d=1305681502
http://media2.worldcarfans.com/2010/...1116347276.jpg
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/attac...4&d=1303325701

just compare this (the suspiciously vent shaped indentation, not the ft86 logo):
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/attac...2&d=1305681502
to this:
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....eneva-2011.jpg

The vent is there without the chrome trim piece. Looks like the ft86 logo was there in that pic but not in the later ones (maybe it's only on the Toyota version).

What would be the possibility of the vent NOT being there? as in, just a flat surface in the outer trim-shape of the vent? i mean, IF there is a vent, why cover it? and if there IS a vent, it's not functional due to that fact that they DID cover it, no?

There's no way to tell. Even if it was functional it would not have a huge impact if they covered it up. It just means the benefits of it (pretty small) would be lost. I guess the only argument I have for it being real is that there's no reason to put a fake one on, and if you are going to put all that body work in to have the outline of one, why not just poke the hole through to make it functional. It looks like it is more than just a sticker like most cars have these days.

If it were functional why would the FIVEAXIS guys remove it on the FR-S?

As far as I understand it the fiveaxis concept was just to drum up hype for the Scion launch and doesn't have anything to do with the actual production car. You can tell by looking at it that it was never meant for production, it is just a pure concept car. It was driven by electric motors and had solid black windows.

Because theirs isn't meant to be driven at all.