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Old 07-02-2012, 08:50 PM   #41 (permalink)
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Chaz, I will get it down and do the remodel and try it ONLY if I get a chance to get the belly on and diffuser on. seems pointless otherwise. Thanks for that image.
My idea is a little different; I'll build a shell that overhangs the back edge about to the bumper, and make an optional tail that plugs in that will be about a foot longer than your depiction. It will be right at 4' aft of bumper. This one was a bit longer.

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I don't know if you have the clearance,but on my Dodge truck,the 'top' of the diffuser is the 'floor' of a spare tire alcove.The spare just slides in from the rear kinda like Honda's Ridgeline,but no lifting,just sliding.It's nice not to have to lay on the ground to retrieve the spare.
I'm out of luck there, Phil. I'd have to scrap my rear air suspension, rear hitch, and rear bumper to do that. It has a crank down but I'd have to crawl under to take off a section of diffuser.

I will tie the diffuser on the tail into that shallow angled long section of the diffuser mounting rails, not to the bottom edge of the bumper, Chaz and Phil. If I do that and maintain it, it will have that lovely 3~4 degree diffuser slope you mention all the way back.

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