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California98Civic · 07-20-2014, 07:41 PM

1. Undertray progress
Completed the rear diffuser template:

Cut from a roadkill diffuser the small venting holes I plan to use on my own diffuser, if possible:

My 25' roll of 2 or 3 mm thick x 22" wide black plastic arrived!

2. Frontend frustrations
I gave up on the road kill bumper cover and recycled it, after cutting lots of bits off without finding a way in which I would contribute usefully to lowering the stagnation point:

3. Interior mods progress
This was fun... I made a new center console panel using my daughter's throw away old looseleaf binder, bits of hardware I have saved, a box of mints, plasti-dip, a used gen 2 iPod touch, and some other random stuff. I bought nothing but the iPod Touch ($50) and the drill attachment for cutting the circular holes.

Using a little CAD I made a template of the shape I needed, then used it to cut the daughter's old notebook. Then I cut holes for mounting ultragauge, iPod Touch, and a USB port (as well as conduit lines so the wires car run through the panel into the dash:

Painted with black plasti dip, four layers:

Metal conduit for iPod wires, UG bracket, and USB port in place:

Mint box, cut to serve as iPod Touch stand:

Drilled and painted with plasti dip, four layers:

Completed installation:

07-20-2014, 07:41 PM	#157 (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	More progress: undertray, interior, nose 1. Undertray progress Completed the rear diffuser template: Cut from a roadkill diffuser the small venting holes I plan to use on my own diffuser, if possible: My 25' roll of 2 or 3 mm thick x 22" wide black plastic arrived! 2. Frontend frustrations I gave up on the road kill bumper cover and recycled it, after cutting lots of bits off without finding a way in which I would contribute usefully to lowering the stagnation point: 3. Interior mods progress This was fun... I made a new center console panel using my daughter's throw away old looseleaf binder, bits of hardware I have saved, a box of mints, plasti-dip, a used gen 2 iPod touch, and some other random stuff. I bought nothing but the iPod Touch ($50) and the drill attachment for cutting the circular holes. Using a little CAD I made a template of the shape I needed, then used it to cut the daughter's old notebook. Then I cut holes for mounting ultragauge, iPod Touch, and a USB port (as well as conduit lines so the wires car run through the panel into the dash: Painted with black plasti dip, four layers: Metal conduit for iPod wires, UG bracket, and USB port in place: Mint box, cut to serve as iPod Touch stand: Drilled and painted with plasti dip, four layers: Completed installation: 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; 07-20-2014 at 07:47 PM..