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Old 11-27-2013, 10:39 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by raccoonjoe View Post
Another thought.....what about the use of a rear air deflector to break up the drag formed behind the truck? Similar to the ones found on older Blazers?
That style of rear air deflector was installed to deflect clean air down across the rear window to try to keep it from becoming covered with dust and road grime being kicked up into the recirculating eddy trailing behind the truck. It wasn't installed to reduce drag.
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