Who Wants $10 Wheel Skirts?

[Zerohour]

Had an ingenious idea today!

This may not work on all vehicles, but there are few smaller tire sized vehicles who could get away with this!

26" Twister Saucer Disc Sled by Pelican | Plastic Saucer Children Sled | Snow Sleds For Kids | Toboggan Sleds - American Sale



If you buy a standard Kid's Disc Sled, you could cut it in half and have a ready made, bowed, wheel skirt! My Subaru has a 30" diameter tire, this sled is 26". I bet some smaller cars like Escorts, Geos, Matrix, etc could utilize this method.

Figured I would share with the rest of the class.



PS Here is a follow up http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1...atalogId=10053

Not as aerodynamic, but this is a 28" Disc.

[cfg83]

Zerohour -

Yup, I looked for that for about a year before I found it (I didn't know I was looking for a water heater drain pan) :

Rear Wheel Skirt using water heater drain pan


The great thing about the drain pan is that while it is *not* an ideal aero-shape (90 degree angular corners), it can be a strong/flexible "foundation" for a more aero-clean implementation.

CarloSW2

[Zerohour]

Awesome! :-) I found the water drain pan searching for steel dish sled, the steel dish part hooked up to a aluminum drain pan, and utlimately they are more commonly made of rubber/plastic now!

I'm kinda thinking of might be able to use a 28" heater drain paint to do some aero on the front tires. no a full block, but use the side part as a mounting point, and use the flat to fill in the gap around the tire. Leaving it straight black plastic will give it a bit of stealth. :-)

I just thought of the sleds today case I saw them in an ad, an went no ****, instant wheel skirts! hahaha Figured I would pass the sleds along!

[NachtRitter]

I also drafted off Carlos and did a water heater pan skirt for my VX:


It is a very robust solution!!

The twister saucer sled looks like a great alternative as well... and it comes in colors too!

[cfg83]

NachtRitter -

Man, that looks great!

CarloSW2