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kafer65 · 10-07-2015, 01:26 PM

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.

10-07-2015, 01:26 PM	#15 (permalink)
kafer65 Tinkerer Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tennessee Posts: 284 Silver - '15 Mazda CX-5 Sport Team Mazda 90 day: 37.23 mpg (US) Thanks: 7 Thanked 63 Times in 54 Posts	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. __________________ Mirror deletes, 80% grill blocks, wheel covers, 50 psi tires = 6% better MPG avg. over a year. Wheel skirts overcoming ethanol winter fuel mpg losses and more! http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...ead-30641.html Last edited by kafer65; 10-09-2015 at 02:17 PM..