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    Quote Originally Posted by Bear View Post
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    Stock bumpers increase drag and act as a parachute sort of. I took bumpers off both of my trucks for aerodynamics and want to get a roll pan to help with looks. It isnt huge mpg gains from removing them, but just like with scrap every little bit adds up and if you do enough of the right aero mods to your vehicle you will get pretty big gains in mpg. Most of the mods that really increase mpg make a vehicle look super ugly though and you will get people laughing/staring. But when it comes to saving frog skins i dont care.


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    Quote Originally Posted by MetalEarthRecycling View Post


    Stock bumpers increase drag and act as a parachute sort of. I took bumpers off both of my trucks for aerodynamics and want to get a roll pan to help with looks. It isnt huge mpg gains from removing them, but just like with scrap every little bit adds up and if you do enough of the right aero mods to your vehicle you will get pretty big gains in mpg. Most of the mods that really increase mpg make a vehicle look super ugly though and you will get people laughing/staring. But when it comes to saving frog skins i dont care.
    I'm guessing this is your Ford project, what do the mods look like on the front?

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    Heater does reduce range a lot. But I built the mazda for a commuter truck to get to work & back (20 miles) with the ability to make an additional 10 or 20 miles for store trips/scrap yard. So if I run the heater & go straight to work & back I will be fine on range. EV's are not for everyone, but mine is for a specific purpose & overtime I will save. Havent started documenting progress yet, but will. Just got the ranger a couple of weeks ago. No that truck with the roll pan isnt mine, but this is:



    So far I have built an air dam & partial grill block. Other mods: spare tire delete & excess steel associated with it, rear bumper delete, shortened antenna, tail pipe dumped over rear axle, passenger mirror delete, wiper delete, & steel rims replaced with lighter aluminum rims. next i plan to remove emblems, block more of the grill, fill in other gaps with weather stripping or something, smooth wheel covers, rear wheel skirts, & much more. I plan on making a build thread on ecomodder.com since that is where i get most of my ideas from.

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