Fender vents

Gray · Postby **Gray** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:13 pm

Any practical upside to installing fender vents on a PF?

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Postby **Captain** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:35 pm

Kyson · Postby **Kyson** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:35 pm

No practical purpose.
They are in vogue now as a fashion accessory. They've been on BMW M Cars for years (and have appeared periodically on domestics before that), but as of this year are on everything from Escalades to entry level Fords. I think they will go out of fashion as quickly as they came in, and then you will be stuck with a wart on your PF.

Just my .02.

OurPathfinder · Postby **OurPathfinder** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:50 am

However, they do serve a purpose on the new Ford F250/350/450 as they do add fresh air into the engine compartment. I have a buddy who works for Ford's design department. He says currently the Ford trucks are the only vehicles that use the side vent for anything truly practical.

Gray · Postby **Gray** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:23 am

OurPathfinder wrote:However, they do serve a purpose on the new Ford F250/350/450 as they do add fresh air into the engine compartment. I have a buddy who works for Ford's design department. He says currently the Ford trucks are the only vehicles that use the side vent for anything truly practical.

Might be something there if one was considering additional front grill blocking.

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ralphwiggums · Postby **ralphwiggums** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:55 pm

practical...no

being a wanna-be and make your PF look like an Escalade...sure

they are dumb - just like rear wings/spoilers

guinnessjim · Postby **guinnessjim** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:01 pm

ralphwiggums wrote:they are dumb - just like rear wings/spoilers

i think it was just shown that the wing did prevent dust accumulation during our recent DVNP trip.

Gray · Postby **Gray** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:03 pm

ralphwiggums wrote:practical...no

being a wanna-be and make your PF look like an Escalade...sure

they are dumb - just like rear wings/spoilers

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of these either although I just passed a fullsized Mack truck that had about a square foot of these on the side.

If there was some way that I could block all of my front grill openings and have the air pulled in at the underside and dumped out fender side vents it would probably improve how the truck slipped through the air and by that give some fuel economy improvement.

Haha, wannabe for me is the guys that still have the roof racks on, but will never use them, but leave them on for 'style'.

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cheiane · Postby **cheiane** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:06 pm

Gray wrote:Any practical upside to installing fender vents on a PF?

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this was exactly my question. i was type it on google and found out this forum. i got answers on how to install the fender vents on a pf. im glad youve post it. thanks again.

bbermann · Postby **bbermann** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:10 am

Another possibility to keep the engine compartment cooler would be some hood vents. here is a link to a supplier:

http://www.hoodlouvers.com/

Anyone have experience with this sort of a program?

BattleWagon · Postby **BattleWagon** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:31 am

instant race identifiers.

xd9-g19 · Postby **xd9-g19** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:47 am

additional hp

Npath · Postby **Npath** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:06 pm

Gray wrote:Any practical upside to installing fender vents on a PF?

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May get rust problems later if not installed correctly.

kelleyo · Postby **kelleyo** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:53 am

I really like these fake stick on side vents. They make all cars look cool.
http://www.amazon.com/2007-2011-Chevy-S ... B004VGAHXY

NOT !!!!!!

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