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Old 01-05-2007, 04:42 AM
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I don't have a Kirkam, but I do have a fuel cell. I hate the look of it as it hangs down past the lowest part of the rear bumber area by about 6 inches and its bright red. When I bought the car I got the original tank with the car, so I took it to a shop to put the original back in. The guy who owned the shop is a muscle and high performance guy and refused to do it for me. He has seen many fires in cars over the years and said that he would not be responsible for taking the only saftey feature in the entire car out of it. He did offer to charge me even more money to come up with some sort of body colored cover for it so it wasn't so obvious, but that was the extent of what he was willing to do. This told me a lot about how much safer a fuel cell is, so I kept it. I am also installing a scatter shield this winter, but thats another story.

Anyway, my opinion is that the cost is worth it, just get one that looks like the original tank including the ability to be filled the normal way. I have to go through the trunk to fill mine, and its a pain.

James
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