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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 05:35 AM
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Default Bug deflector. front foil air drag

Any Boing Engineer/Jeepers out there. MIT Grads?

Is this broken "bug guard" messing with my highway mileage? At one point it had edges that swept back. I was thinking it might be breaking up the flow and causing turbulence. (laminar) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminar_flow)

Supper handy for packen stuff on the hood. Never had a farm animal fall off!
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 05:46 AM
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I ditched mine for less academic reasons. I hated it poking me in the gut/chest when working on my Jeep.
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 07:36 AM
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Dude your driving an XJ, the whole jeep is messing with your highway mileage. Lol
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by NavyDoc1
Dude your driving an XJ, the whole jeep is messing with your highway mileage. Lol
LOL, very true. You're trying to make a Walmart more aerodynamic, it ain't gonna happen.
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 08:12 AM
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ditch the bug deflector and gain 8 more MPG's out of the Cinder Block shaped XJ. I didn't believe it either till i did it.
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 09:22 AM
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HEY!!! Get a girlfriend. And leave those farm animals alone!
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 12:07 PM
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I find when I shave my unibrow I can run faster.. Same probably goes for your xj.
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by NewJerseyXJ609
I find when I shave my unibrow I can run faster.. Same probably goes for your xj.
i just laughed so hard i spit coffee on the screen!! HAHAHA
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Bustedback
LOL, very true. You're trying to make a Walmart more aerodynamic, it ain't gonna happen.
Hey even a wallmart can be more aerodynamic! (I stopped going there because they are not hiring enough cashiers!)

Originally Posted by Agent_Oragnge
ditch the bug deflector and gain 8 more MPG's out of the Cinder Block shaped XJ. I didn't believe it either till i did it.
Thanks...I was thinking it might set up turbulence I could do without. Only 8 more MPG Eh? Lol.

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HEY!!! Get a girlfriend. And leave those farm animals alone!
I didn't say they weren't for her. "Don't ask, don't tell" works...

Originally Posted by NewJerseyXJ609
I find when I shave my unibrow I can run faster.. Same probably goes for your xj.
Great tip! Man I love this forum.

Gotcha' Pete, yea, annoying when it hits you in the knees!
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Old Mar 7, 2013 | 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by DFlintstone
Hey even a wallmart can be more aerodynamic! (I stopped going there because they are not hiring enough cashiers!)

Thanks...I was thinking it might set up turbulence I could do without. Only 8 more MPG Eh? Lol.



I didn't say they weren't for her. "Don't ask, don't tell" works...



Great tip! Man I love this forum.

Gotcha' Pete, yea, annoying when it hits you in the knees!
Thanks for the laughs everyone!!
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Old Mar 8, 2013 | 08:01 AM
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I like the stealth license plate cover
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