mikedc
12-30-2023, 05:37 AM
What the title says.
Modern vehicles have HUGE guttering around the trunklid (and the base of the windshield). The trunk channels look big enough to hold a golf ball in some places, whereas on classic cars it was barely enough to hold a finger.
The modern ones look way beyond anything necessary to get rainstorm or snow water channeled away. And the channels are also randomly layered with non-sealed plastic cladding, which would seem to defeat the purpose if they were actually prioritizing water runoff. The plastic cladding is great for trapping water/ice and leaves and other muck.
Same with the way the channels drop right down onto the bumper covers & plastic taillights (which often don't seal tightly against the sheetmetal there). The designers seemed so concerned with getting the water cleared when it was around the trunk opening, but that concern is gone as soon as the water is down to the taillight panel area.
Why are they doing this stuff?
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Modern vehicles have HUGE guttering around the trunklid (and the base of the windshield). The trunk channels look big enough to hold a golf ball in some places, whereas on classic cars it was barely enough to hold a finger.
The modern ones look way beyond anything necessary to get rainstorm or snow water channeled away. And the channels are also randomly layered with non-sealed plastic cladding, which would seem to defeat the purpose if they were actually prioritizing water runoff. The plastic cladding is great for trapping water/ice and leaves and other muck.
Same with the way the channels drop right down onto the bumper covers & plastic taillights (which often don't seal tightly against the sheetmetal there). The designers seemed so concerned with getting the water cleared when it was around the trunk opening, but that concern is gone as soon as the water is down to the taillight panel area.
Why are they doing this stuff?
211147