Project Del Sol Kammback Dead; New Ideas

[jedi_sol]

BEFORE:



AFTER:



At this rate, im NEVER going to finish this car

[Christ]

I think your rear section on your skirts is going to be too steep for airflow to remain attached. It's a minimal wake area, but just thought I'd throw that out there for you.

[jedi_sol]

Originally Posted by Christ

I think your rear section on your skirts is going to be too steep for airflow to remain attached. It's a minimal wake area, but just thought I'd throw that out there for you.

Yeah, I noticed that after I finished making it, unfortunately there is no mounting point further back in the bumper. So I was thinking about extending the wheel skirt to wrap around the bumper like this:



And then secure the rear section with clear packing tape i guess

Do you think this would help?

[Christ]

No, no, and no...

I was actually thinking that since it's aluminum bar stock, you could just make a triangular piece and rivet/weld it to the existing rear angle so that it would naturally overlap the bumper. A neoprene gasket (old door seal) would keep water/dirt from getting in there, if you were so concerned. That would make it possible to sweep the angle right back to the tail end of the bumper!

[jedi_sol]

Then from the bottom, pull out the cover until it pops out. Then LIFT UP the cover, while at the same time, thread the door handle through the door. Unplug the plugs for the power windows. You should be left with this.






Then think of a way to replace the mirrors, here is what I came up with. (It's supposed to say "METAL")

[discovery]

Very Cool, i realy like the way you put tape or something on the headlights. Do you plan to remove any wipers or just keep one? I like it.

[jedi_sol]

Originally Posted by discovery

Very Cool, i realy like the way you put tape or something on the headlights. Do you plan to remove any wipers or just keep one? I like it.

Thanks. Yeah, it's just clear plastic packing tape. I saw another Del Sol owner on here do the same thing, except for the entire car. So i figured i'd give it a try (not the whole car though). Not actually sure if its giving me any positive FE results because it seems such a minor thing to do. But i figured every little bit will help.

I plan on keeping the wipers, I made a cover for them though (not pictured). I did tuft testing with it and it didn't seem to make any difference with the airflow.

[Christ]

Some shrink wrap will likely come out cleaner on the headlights than the tape does. All those wrinkles in the tape make it look like a bad patch job on the headlights, like my tail light looks right now. (It's held in with duct tape.)

[bestclimb]

power stearing delete should not be that hard to do if you find junked 5th gen civic DX

[pgfpro]

Looks good!!! That really clean up the looks of the car too.