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MetroMPG · 11-28-2007, 08:59 AM

I de-passenger side mirrored the Flea this afternoon, and picked up the folding driver's side mirror from the red Forkenswift. It's not a direct swap - I'm going to have to re-engineer things a little.

I would like to do a SG1 mirrors vs no mirrors experiment on my test course, but I have other things I still want to test too, and only so much time.

11-28-2007, 08:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
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