Fairings rough-cut from coroplast. I've learned that managing the direction of the grain is important. That's why the Kamm-back is made of 5 pieces. You can tell I'm getting more sophisticated, because these are held together with clear packaging tape instead of duct tape.
I'm thinking of doing a partial under cover, but since this is my winter car, I don't like aluminum. I was going to use soffit siding:
but they're using magnesium chloride on the roads here now, and it seems like it makes aluminum practically dissolve while you watch. I saw some black plastic sheet at the used building supply place that felt like it wouldn't get brittle, maybe I'll try that. Melamine/formica countertop material seems like it would have a good combination of flexibility and strength (and it comes in pretty colors), but it doesn't seem very impact-resistant. I guess it heat-forms well, though. Maybe I could glue it to coroplast to make it tougher.
I'd like to end up with fender fairings that look kind of like the Audi quattro, but not tapering in at the bottom as much as these:
Or like these:
Come to think of it, maybe I should just get the blue car...
