Now that I'm completely moved from College Station to The Woodlands/Spring, TX...I'll git to start work on streamlining the wheel pant setup and build my skills on making a foam shell around the wheel frame and to paper mache over it. This build should allow me to develop my complex curve skills.
I figure from my previous wheel pant builds that I should make the wheel pant in two pieces...a pivoting nose and a tail section. If something were to impact the nose from road debris or backing up into a curb stop, I wouldn't have to completely rebuild the entire wheel pant. This would even allow the nose to pivot back to keep the damage to a minimum. Springs or multiple bungee cords could keep the nose tight up against the lazy susan belly pan and allow the nose to flex.
I did test out the leveling scissor jack to change out the tire since it wasn't holding pressure and the setup worked great. I even tried it with a standard ratchet just to see how difficult it would be without the impact wrench...it just took a little longer to change out the wheel. This jack is at least 20lbs lighter than the trailer jack setup, more compact to store, nothing to remove or install to use, and I can use it at different points on Dark Aero.