The propensity for embellishment and disregard for the safety of some car owners is as difficult to explain as a car’s behavior on the road. However, it is not up to us to judge who and how their car should be transformed. But we can fully evaluate the usefulness of certain accessories that can be purchased at any auto parts store.
Complete futility can be seen, for example, in the self-installation of a spoiler on the trunk lid and false air intakes on the hood. In the first case, installation takes place without prior analysis and technical characteristics of the car, as well as aerodynamics. But the purpose of the spoiler is to increase downforce. So anything put on cars without scientific basis is an excess and at the expense – consumption increases, sound insulation deteriorates, and so on.
We’re too lazy to give out letters to fake air intakes. And yet, apart from the noise in the cabin, they improve nothing. However, if the owner of the car is ready to lose in sound insulation, but gain in appearance, we will not interfere with him.
Another trend is the use of plugs in belt buckles. Responding to a weighty argument that an airbag deployed in an accident at about 300 km/h can break the driver’s neck, they answer: But I had a case where a person was wearing their seat belt and also died. Or he didn’t fasten his seat belt and flew out the windshield, staying alive. Well, dementia and courage always go against science and logic.
Some motorists are not so radical in embellishment and disregard for safety. And they are limited to installing decorative aluminum caps on the wheels. True, they do not realize that such an accessory carries a hidden threat. Such caps can stick to a brass nipple. And if one of the wheels fails, turning it off becomes an impossible task. As a result, the nipple breaks. And wheel repairs are expensive. Better than plastic, maybe they didn’t come up with anything.