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Old 04-26-2012, 11:07 AM   #11 (permalink)
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The lack of side taper seems quite a big issue too.

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It would be easy to fab up a fairing to go over that, and you may be able to use thin sheetmetal "hooks" like the old school roof racks, that fit in that gap and hook your fairing to the edge of the glass. It would still allow full use of the hatch.
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Since that hatch is glass you can simply look backward while tufting to get an idea of what's happening- no camera car needed. I did this with the Probe's rear window.
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Just got the tent set up for the Aztek. Don't think this will help my cd, lol.
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Old 05-02-2012, 12:38 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Man... I appreciate what they were going for there, like to illustrate that the Aztek is a "do anything" car - I love "do anything" cars! but.. that tent looks like a serious kluge.

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