what are the vents in the fender for? the ones i have looked at dont really vent any thing.

 

For looks - that's it

 

Purely cosmetic pieces, just like the hood vents.

 

Can't you make these functional, say for example, brake cooling?

 

Possibly. I wouldn't see the point unless you road race.

 

For brake cooling, you just need air inlets from the nose blowing onto the back of the rotors. The heat would blow out & through the wheel.

 

thanks...im going to put them in the hood behind the radiator...make heat extrators out of them.

 

they function now...lol not sure how much heat they will extract but its got to be better than nothing.

 

Between the air pressure from the air dam pushing air up into the engine compartment & air flowing over the hood creating a slight "suction" effect? Those will work, assuming that there is a hole all the way through the hood under them & not just through the outer skin of the hood (i mean that the inner bracing is cut out too).

 

I think those would look pretty good without the stick on cowl.

 

the holes do go all the way through the hood and inner bracing.

you dont like my cowl, nick? you would laugh if i told you what it really is.

 

Please share.

 

pm sent

 

Bumping this as it's the only post about it I've found and I wanted to clear something up.

The fender vents are 100% functional as shown by the dealer brochure.

 

that's correct! they do vent under hood- hot air. the second gen's being higher up on the fender you could reach out and feel the heat venting