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Originally Posted by Jelorian
I didn't really notice anything decrease in gas mileage after putting the brush guard on. Maybe the very slight gain in gas mileage from the Magnaflow I just put on evens out/cancels the slight loss in gas mileage from the brush guard. 
I'm still happy with the look. I recently painted the bolt heads and washers on the outsides with some semi-gloss black enamel and it came out pretty good. I'm going to paint the inside bolts and nuts as well. |
After I installed my Westin Stainless Steel Chrome Plated Light bar, I noticed a higher Drag Coeficient increase over stock.(
+0.0001576)
My Wind Tunnel Testing benchmarks calculated
a decrease in MPG of
-0.00006921.
(+/- 1.058% for marginal error and environmental inconsistencies such as ambient temps, humidity, barometric pressure and human factors; i.e. 13 bottles of Heinekens.)
What a bummer. Now I have to
pay 6 cents more per month in Fuel costs.
Therefore, I will
Rate my Westin Light Bar a 5/16th of One STAR .
Hope this helps others that are concerned with MPG on their Pickups!
Nice Brush Guard yu got,at a great price too!
But If it's not Stainless it will
always Rust eventually... Non-Stainless Tubular Steel will at least rust from the inside out for sure.
There Is NO Mfr. that will Lifetime Guaranty the finish for Rusting,
UNLESS it is Stainless Steel Stock. This is
my guaranty
If yu want to keep the theme Black of course. I would have Professionally spray painted the Brush Guard using
Imron Commerial/Industrial Grade Black Paint.( Or any color to even match or contrast the Body's O/E color!)
Single Stage
Imron Paint baked @
165 degrees for 45 minutes is hard as nails and will take the abuse of road rash/stone chips and will
not rust for the life of your Truck. The paint of choice used on Big $$$ Tractor Rigs. (Freightliners, Macks etc.)
LT
