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Old 05-15-2015, 07:45 PM   #87 (permalink)
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I finally got around to doing something about this:



...that big hole down the center of the car. $15 of coroplast, duct tape, zip ties, and some screen door mesh later, I have almost a completely smooth underside.





It's hard to see, but I cut a ~6" wide channel under the catalytic converter and resonator and used the aluminum mesh there so it doesn't melt the coroplast. I have one more sheet left to see what I can do on the back end around the torsion bar and muffler.
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