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KITT222 · 11-23-2010, 12:48 AM

(Sorry, not sure where to put this, so I hope here is okay...)

Hello Ecomodder folks! I registered here as a lurker, and without a car, and just a permit a year or so ago. But now I return with a car and a license! The car is an '04 Pontiac Vibe with an auto transmission (I know, I know, but it's hard to find a Vibe that cheap, and even a manual Vibe in general!), sunroof, and alloy wheels and 78200 miles. A year and a half of research led me to this car, and I am happy! But my original intentions have held true: I want to squeeze every mile I can out of it. Especially considering I'm a teenager who'll have to pay for his own gas.

As a bit of a perk/get me up, I am doing some ecomodding as a school science project. I have 5 test subjects (me included) that will drive the car twice stock, get the average MPG, and then twice with the additions: upper and lower grill blocks, at least front wheel covers, wheel skirts, partial kammback, and wheel air deflectors. I have plenty of coroplast (thanks all to my dads friend) in the beautiful color of white.

I have mocked up most of it, but I need help with the rear wheel skirt. The rear bumper and rocker panels are curved way under, leaving the wheel mostly exposed. Currently I am thinking of something like those plastic mudflaps on both sides of the wheel well, with the skirt propped up by those things. Yet an issue is that we (my dad and I) don't want to drill holes into the car, so that makes mounting this a bit of an issue. So, yeah. I'll post pictures of my car later, and any help with the rear wheel skirts is appreciated!

-Thanks!

11-23-2010, 12:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
KITT222 Ecomodder en route Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: South of the Cities, Minnesota Posts: 190 Vib - '04 Pontiac Vibe base Thanks: 10 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts	I return with a car! (Sorry, not sure where to put this, so I hope here is okay...) Hello Ecomodder folks! I registered here as a lurker, and without a car, and just a permit a year or so ago. But now I return with a car and a license! The car is an '04 Pontiac Vibe with an auto transmission (I know, I know, but it's hard to find a Vibe that cheap, and even a manual Vibe in general!), sunroof, and alloy wheels and 78200 miles. A year and a half of research led me to this car, and I am happy! But my original intentions have held true: I want to squeeze every mile I can out of it. Especially considering I'm a teenager who'll have to pay for his own gas. As a bit of a perk/get me up, I am doing some ecomodding as a school science project. I have 5 test subjects (me included) that will drive the car twice stock, get the average MPG, and then twice with the additions: upper and lower grill blocks, at least front wheel covers, wheel skirts, partial kammback, and wheel air deflectors. I have plenty of coroplast (thanks all to my dads friend) in the beautiful color of white. I have mocked up most of it, but I need help with the rear wheel skirt. The rear bumper and rocker panels are curved way under, leaving the wheel mostly exposed. Currently I am thinking of something like those plastic mudflaps on both sides of the wheel well, with the skirt propped up by those things. Yet an issue is that we (my dad and I) don't want to drill holes into the car, so that makes mounting this a bit of an issue. So, yeah. I'll post pictures of my car later, and any help with the rear wheel skirts is appreciated! -Thanks!