[kafer65]

I did lexan because bracket placement was critical and I could see where to drill through the lexan to hit the bracket without taking the wheels off or making errors. I had some plastidip black sitting there so I used it.
There is a two inch lip around the wheel well that is black. Its all one unit with lip. The lip is where I attached the brackets.
If I can find silver plastidip I can try that later since I can remove the current coating. I even thought of painting a picture of the wheel turning to try and make it invisible at speed like when they paint cloths on naked models.
I just did 200 highway miles at 62 mph,2500 rpm, 80-90 degree temps, full air conditioning and winter regular grade fuel and still did 45.4 mpg. That's an epic improvement for this rig. Tank avg is up to 43 mpg as I parked it.
I had one of the owners at the Mazda dealership take pictures and ask several questions about my ecomodded whip! I get lots of attention in this vehicle.