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Old 10-11-2009, 04:01 AM   #12 (permalink)
RandomFact314
My Goal: 35 MPG All Day
 
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1NZ-FE (Year 1) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
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Last 3: 34.02 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Year 2) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 33.32 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Year 3) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 35.32 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Year 4) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 34 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Year 5) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 26.87 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Years 6,7,8) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 28.6 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Years 9,10,11) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 27.8 mpg (US)

1NZ-FE (Years 12,13,14) - '05 Scion xA RS 2.0
90 day: 32.4 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by Christ View Post
Quite counter-intuitive to my thinking, I would say.

I'd prefer to see porn than, say, that Skechers box. Just sayin'.

As far as the parts, heat the section up with a heat gun or something, then put a flat weight (book with a weight on it) on the part you want. It'll help flatten it out. It may take more than one time, though, to get it flat completely.

Upside, if you flatten it out before cutting, you can get larger sections to work with, which will allow you to trim them up perfectly rather than cutting and hoping.
yeah and I was thinking about heating it up to a good temperature, flattening it with a piece of glass and some weights on top and then maybe sanding it down a little to make it a little smoother.

After that I will probably drill some small as possible holes to fit the zip ties through it unless I can get a good way of putting it on there using the screws that the other grill piece is screwed on with, in that case I will take the grill piece off and screw the new grill block in or something if its stable enough
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