Del Sol, Underbelly Pan

[arcosine]

What size tires you have, they look like they fill the wheel well nicely.

[jedi_sol]

They are 205/50 R15... a bit fat in terms of ecomodding, but they are left over from my days of souping up my car. Once the tread wears out, i'll most likely switch to a Low Rolling Resistance tire.

[jedi_sol]

the belly pan as it is was not very sturdy. it's always got caught in the wind and the choroplasr melted near the transmission and engine. therefore I decided to build a frame out of aluminum to make it more stable.

the frame is made out of aluminum screen door frame found at home depot. it is sturdy because of the box shape, lightweight, and cheap.

5/16 in. x 3/4 in. x 84 in. Aluminum Screen Frame-3021650 at The Home Depot

the main goal was to use pre existing holes and not drill into the body.

First, I made 4 horizontal braces. I used pop toggles from home depot to drill into the pre existing holes that are originally for the side skirts



Front of the car brace. It's attached to existing tow hooks



From the back

[jedi_sol]

Next is 2 parallel bars down the back. I plan on covering the exhaust with aluminum sheets

NEXT step is to attach the middle bars to the rear horizontal bar

Then, tomorrow, attaching all of the choroplast back on.

I gave it a few tugs, and its actually very sturdy!

[Daox]

What do you plan on doing about the melting issue?

[jedi_sol]

Originally Posted by Daox

What do you plan on doing about the melting issue?

I'm.going to cut out the melted.sections and replace.with aluminum sheets