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Better Gas Mileage Mod

Discussion in 'General Automotive' started by TAKoma907, Sep 2, 2010.

  1. Sep 2, 2010 at 11:46 AM
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    Saw this the other day and got a kick out of it. Kind of a crappy pic, but it's of a plywood air foil deflector. Homemade obviously. The double decker truck topper/camper shell is pretty crazy too. Haha, it made my day!

    [​IMG]

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    TAKoma907, Sep 2, 2010
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  2. Sep 2, 2010 at 11:49 AM
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    crf69 scraping my emblems off my plasti-dip

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    ummm yeah
    thats fly....
     
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  3. Sep 2, 2010 at 12:46 PM
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    I wonder if the driver is on TW... Maybe they would do a write up
     
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  4. Sep 2, 2010 at 1:02 PM
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    Ha Ha that is a riot. The top part of that set up is a wildernest like the one below. Too bad they went out of business in the early 90's[​IMG]
     
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  5. Sep 3, 2010 at 10:59 AM
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    Wow... Plenty of head room in there.
     
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  6. Jan 31, 2013 at 12:45 PM
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    Not quite matching eh?

    IMG_0436.jpg
     
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  7. Feb 2, 2013 at 4:11 PM
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    wow, thats showroom quality there...
     
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  8. Feb 2, 2013 at 6:58 PM
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  9. Feb 3, 2013 at 6:43 PM
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    Smokin with a smarty.
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  10. Feb 22, 2013 at 2:47 PM
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    lol gas prices are going up..i might just have to copy his mod to save me some money
     
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  11. Feb 22, 2013 at 3:09 PM
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    3 inch Tuff Country Suspension lift, Removed the Mudflaps, Tinted windows, Nitto Trail Grapplers with 18x9 XD Monsters debadged and aftermarket grill. Fog light anytime mod. Hids in fogs and headlights and all led lights. Flowmaster 40 series. Bed pocket lights mod.. TRD Seat covers, Aries Bull Bar Plasti-Dipped Black with 2 Hella 700 converted HID.
    :puke:
     
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  12. Feb 22, 2013 at 7:31 PM
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    Don't forget to spend the extra money and get it color matched. Wouldn't want it to look tacky...
     
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