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Old 01-16-2018, 11:51 AM   #18 (permalink)
mannydantyla
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Do you have instrumentation? That's always the biggest one.
Yeah I need to get on that.

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The skid plates sit higher than the axles so they're in turbulent airflow which is why smoothing them won't help. Nor will smoothing the fuel tank transition. Unless you can somehow control the airflow from the axles anything more than an airdam/ tyre deflectors is a waste of time.
That kind of depends on how much lift you have between the frame/unibody and the axles. I only have 2" lift. And wranger TJ is probably very different, I'm assuming. Also, if I'm fabricating my own then I can make it as big and low-hanging as I want.

And you're correct about the fuel tank transistion, I'm afraid. An interesting/crazy option might be to lift the fuel tank up into the body. Check this out:

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