WHY?!?!

"G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3" (gbodyman) 08/31/2016 at 12:48 • Filed to: None

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Who honestly thought this would be a good idea. Probably the same dude who is charging $1k for it with a collapsed spring perch in addition to the ruined finish.

CalzoneGolem > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/31/2016 at 12:51

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this is the kind of guy that’d zip tie his front bumper cover together with rainbow zip ties.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/31/2016 at 12:52

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The finish was probably already ruined before the Line-X

vicali > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/31/2016 at 12:52

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Oh man, that’s going to look sweet in a week when it fades out and gets dirty, also looks like they put it on with a roller -because of course they did.

S65 > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/31/2016 at 12:53

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Why is it covered in bedliner?

crowmolly > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/31/2016 at 12:54

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Probably had a shitty paint job with dents, so they halfassed repairs and painted it with bedliner.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > S65 08/31/2016 at 12:55

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No clue.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > vicali 08/31/2016 at 12:56

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Yup.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > crowmolly 08/31/2016 at 12:56

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Slathering it with Bondo and then rattle-canning it is half-assing it. This is eighth-assing it.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 08/31/2016 at 12:57

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Yes, but there was no reason to ruin it even more.

Ash78, voting early and often > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/31/2016 at 13:06

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Because who needs a Cd of 0.32 when you can have 0.47? That is more, and more is better. I have to say, I don’t hate it. I’d love to stop giving a damn about my car’s finish for a change.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Ash78, voting early and often 08/31/2016 at 13:11

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I mean, I don’t really care about finish, but why ruin it for everyone else who may own it in the future?

Ash78, voting early and often > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/31/2016 at 13:13

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I’ll speculate it’s because the W210 is usually a POS, so why not have some fun with it? It would definitely get a lot of attention, especially up on a flatbed trailer :D

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/31/2016 at 13:16

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How do you know?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/31/2016 at 13:20

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Who gives a shit? Those cars were garbage to begin with

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/31/2016 at 13:27

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I always wanted to do this to an older truck or Wrangler... It’s the perfect solution for a vehicle that is driven off-road (it doesn’t rust, it doesn’t get scratched in a way anyone cares about, etc).

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/31/2016 at 13:29

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Shit Merc with a finish to match.

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > Ash78, voting early and often 08/31/2016 at 13:41

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You got me thinking so I did a little looking into surface roughness and drag. I found this graph from NASA. The Reynolds number for a car going 30-80mph is on the order of 1 to 5 x10^6. For a golf ball at 150 mph it is around 1.5 x10^5. For golf balls the dimples improve the Cd. For cars, not so much.

Ash78, voting early and often > luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! 08/31/2016 at 13:44

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My non-engineer understanding is that the dimples (while spinning) greatly reduce the low-pressure area behind the ball, which is often the biggest source of drag for any object moving through a fluid. A car doesn’t spin, so apart from some minor flow disruption (or convergence efforts) near the back of the car, roughing up the surface is not going to help at all.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/31/2016 at 13:50

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Still more reliable than a W220.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 08/31/2016 at 13:52

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Even if it’s 90% uneven and pinholed bondo, if you rattle-canned it with rustoleum, it would look better than rolled-on bedliner.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/31/2016 at 14:00

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Depends on the abuse you intend to subject it to. The inside of my MR2 is rhinolined.

luvMeSome142 & some Lincoln! > Ash78, voting early and often 08/31/2016 at 14:04

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Spinning isn’t a factor in how the dimples do their job. The Reynolds number is determined by the nature of the fluid (air in this case) the speed of the flow and the size of the object. So, if you were to increase the size of the golf ball to a beach ball, the Reynolds number would increase and the dimples would then increase the drag, not reduce it.

The golf ball size and speed put it in that sweet spot where the dimples make a big difference to reduce drag.

As for how it does it, the dimples allow the airflow to stay attached to the ball longer.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 08/31/2016 at 14:15

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Like, I get floorboards and whatnot, but bedlining the entire exterior on a street car?

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 08/31/2016 at 16:14

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Also has wheels from a 203 coupe, which have the wrong offset for a 210.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 08/31/2016 at 19:36

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Yeah.

sdwarf36 > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 08/31/2016 at 21:16

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Oh no-here I was happy with mine-I must be wrong. Tell me what went wrong with yours?