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Old 08-13-2008, 04:02 PM   #187 (permalink)
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Hmm, will you settle for semi-gloss black? That appears to be about the best I'm going to achieve from a spray can, never mind what the label says.

The A-B-A has already been done on the first kardboard prototype - 2.3% fuel economy improvement @ 55 mph. I expect this version would perform better (longer, rounded shoulders, slightly steeper angle while retaining attached flow), but I'm not promising to A-B-A it any time soon. Lots of other projects competing for time.

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When you next take pictures with it mounted, would you mind getting one of the whole car from maybe 4:30 o'clock (12:00 being straight ahead)? I'm interested in what it looks like in the whole body's context.
One more sand & coat of black, then I'm calling it finished. Unfortunately, something reacted to the paint on this (2nd) coat, and a couple of spots bubbled/cracked. Painting a big surface like this is maddening. Wish I had a proper compressor/gun setup.



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