What are these alien symbols

Okay boys and girls I have a question.
I was going over my truck tonight and I noticed these raised emblems on the rear tail lights and on the door frames.
What the heck are these?

 

Stabilizing fins. They help keep your Tundra from getting airborne

 

Hard to believe that they think this shit is real...
http://news.limbaughtoyota.com/2014-toyota-tundra-cool-technology/

 

I didn't know what the word canard was in the article so I looked it up !!!

Wonder which definition they are using !!!
Unfounded or the extra stability one

 

That was the final selling point that drove me to buy a Tundra. The Ford and Chevy salesmen couldn't give me a good answer why there were no stabilizing fins on their trucks.

 

Heck yeah !!

 

Mine are invisible on my 07................................................................stealth version

 

Further research has determined that only Super White trucks are fast enough to require this additional level of stability.
The fins are available for the other, slower colors, to help alleviate the sense of inferiority common to the drivers of those trucks

 

There WAS a time when Chevy knew how to REALLY make efficient fins!

 

I dont remember where I watched or had read somewhere, that auto makers would do this to stop wind noise or whistling.

 

Yep, if you are familiar with the air thumping that occurs when you open just the front windows, it’s supposedly a type of turbulence that the fins can reduce.
I like my interpretation better!

 

Quite common on on advanced fighter/attack jets...............

 

I believe the ones on the mirror are to help stop the swirl of water the comes off the windshield onto the side windows right about that height, like happens on my 2nd gen.

 

I found it!

See attached page middle of the list of items from the 2017 Tundra brochure. “ Tail Lights & Stop Lights Dual Vortex Generators “. Those fins built in to the tail lights. Not sure why it’s an actual feature? Sounds more like a space craft feature. Lol

 

I like !!

Dual Vortex Generators !!!

No wonder I have not had problems with any vortex

 

It's all about the down force.....

 

They help me get my killer gas mileage. Wonder if they sell more of these in the performance section at Pep Boys. Double-sided sticky tape and plaster these things all over the place. Maybe get some fake chrome fender engine compartment vents too.

 

At what speed does these fins start working?

Mak2?

 

The answer to this question is one that only drivers of Super White trucks will ever know

 

Around mach 1

 

Hahhaahahahab.

Flash-N-Get out of Dodge!!

 

Supposed to help with airflow and improve gas mileage...not sure where I read that.

 

They are there so that the Toyota engineers and designers could read forums about the truck they built to see if we, the buyers, are paying attention to the trucks looks.

 

I remember when the new Tacomas were released, and I thought I wanted one, there was a YouTube marketing video and those fins were a huge deal. I swear it seemed like the video was all about those damn fins.

 

I saw a documentary with toyota engineers. They were doing the wind tunnel thing and there was kind of small drag right there. This other engineer had a piece of plastic or something and taped it there and other spots. They showed how whatever they were trying to get rid of was gone. It was a few years ago before I bought the Tacoma. It had them as well.

 

Keeps lens clean when driving in rain or wet roads at highway speeds.

 

All the way from zero to Mach Chicken!