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California98Civic · 09-03-2013, 11:54 PM

Since oil leaking slowly from engine and getting onto parts of the undercarriage has delayed the under tray project, I decided to do the wheel skirts before all the long days are gone. Here are some pics of the progress I made in the last light after work today. I am imitating MetroMPG's copper pipe clip idea, and I am using as much recycled materials as possible.

The coroplast is leftover from my first wheel skirt project. The screws and bolts are from stuff I dismantled, including aluminum screws from the 1950s patio shade I took apart a couple years ago. The aluminum bars for the supports were laying around the garage, leftover from a project. Cutting them to fit was a PITA. I discovered that bolt cutters can make great metal cutters in a pinch, when the snips are just not even close to competent.

Job complete enough to drive it, though I think I will add one more clip per side (for four total on each side) and I still plan to cover over the whole assembly with aluminum sheet and paint it and shade of black closer to the car paint color.

AND HERE IS THE LOOK (at this stage):

09-03-2013, 11:54 PM	#41 (permalink)
California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,172 Times in 1,469 Posts	Update Since oil leaking slowly from engine and getting onto parts of the undercarriage has delayed the under tray project, I decided to do the wheel skirts before all the long days are gone. Here are some pics of the progress I made in the last light after work today. I am imitating MetroMPG's copper pipe clip idea, and I am using as much recycled materials as possible. The coroplast is leftover from my first wheel skirt project. The screws and bolts are from stuff I dismantled, including aluminum screws from the 1950s patio shade I took apart a couple years ago. The aluminum bars for the supports were laying around the garage, leftover from a project. Cutting them to fit was a PITA. I discovered that bolt cutters can make great metal cutters in a pinch, when the snips are just not even close to competent. Job complete enough to drive it, though I think I will add one more clip per side (for four total on each side) and I still plan to cover over the whole assembly with aluminum sheet and paint it and shade of black closer to the car paint color. AND HERE IS THE LOOK (at this stage): Attached Thumbnails __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread. Last edited by California98Civic; 09-06-2013 at 09:38 PM..