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Old 03-04-2012, 04:04 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I had a spare piece of black coroplast laying around and it is a beautiful day in NorCal!
I figured from estimating on the overlay, that the rear hieght at the edge of the spoiler was about 5" or a blue plastic glass!!!!

I laid the coroplast over the trunck to see if it would work for a test drive.



I want to try to stay within the trunck lines and this piece did that.



I wedged these strips into the gap and used them to anchor the kammback



left the rear window lip spoiler on as an edge to wedge the coroplast under.



ended up using some clear tape to attach everything.





This is the best mpg I have ever gotten over my 'control run'(same 10 mile strip of freeway that I have used over the last 3 yrs to test aba.)


I was really hopping to see 35mpg and probaly could at 55mph.

now I have 6 weeks to figure uot how to make this look factory!!!!!

Do you think I gave up anything by not going the full width of the rear end?
My original plan is to make some type of bracket that uses the trunk lid gap to hold the kammback on.....kinda like how the bike rake hooks to the gap in the trunck lid.

And as I think about it, I could bropably go wider and still hook to the trunk lips.....
Run some type of soft foam along the edges of the kammback to seal it against the body.
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First: ScangaugeII
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...eii-23306.html

Second: Grille Block
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...e-10912-2.html

Third: Full underbelly pan
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...q45-11402.html

Fourth: rear skirts and 30.4mpg on trip!
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post247938
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