View Single Post
Old 02-09-2011, 01:24 PM   #89 (permalink)
KamperBob
Recreation Engineer
 
KamperBob's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Somewhere USA
Posts: 525

Black Stallion - '02 Toyota Tundra 4WD xCab

Half Pint - '06 Yamaha XT225
Thanks: 333
Thanked 138 Times in 103 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
Nice concepts. Just wanted to point out in case everybody didn't already know, that you don't want the cap to actually touch the back of the cab and literally seal the gap. If you've ever ridden in the box of a pickup when it's going down the road you'd be amazed at how much relative movement there is between cab and box. Of course if one really was concerned about that gap they could try some thick weatherstripping... it might make annoying squeaky noises tho'...

Two summers ago I started a coroplast aerocap for the F150; mine only uses simple curves. I didn't finish because I was out of state for 6 months and I ran out of Coroplast. Maybe this spring...
Frank, you really should build something.
__________________
Recreation Engineer
  Reply With Quote