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Old 08-07-2008, 09:55 PM   #168 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 62.14 mpg (US)
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The home-made brackets. Flattened & bent copper pipe, aluminum rivets. Yes. I drilled into the hatch. The sweet, pristine hatch! Oh well. I need to seal with silicone and paint these black.



Detail of the underside. I glassed in that cross member to stiffen things up. The trailing edge was a little flappy over bumps before I did that. I'll just be brush painting flat black under here. You can't see the crossmember standing behind the car - you have to get underneath and look up.



Detail of the leading edge. 5 screws up top, and there will be 2 or 3 screws per side as well. Hopefully I can find some kind of trim button to put over them to make it look a bit more pro. (Pro would have been fasteners on the underside only...) That's a strip of black duct tape on the side to protect the paint because I've been un/re-installing this multiple times while constructing.
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