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California98Civic · 12-26-2016, 12:40 AM

I am building a triangle box. In the pic, the front of the bike will be to the right. The motor is on the frint wheel. The four "T" marks you see are attachment points to the frame (OEM spots for air pump and water bottle rack). I want to make the final box from the flexible but strong black plastic that I use for mods on my car. I might make the sides with fiberglass over these cardboard templates. Any pointers about waterproofing? Or anything else about this kind of project? (Btw, The battery is sealed in plastics and will be cushioned so it cannot contact metal surfaces.)

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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	Triangle box for battery & controller I am building a triangle box. In the pic, the front of the bike will be to the right. The motor is on the frint wheel. The four "T" marks you see are attachment points to the frame (OEM spots for air pump and water bottle rack). I want to make the final box from the flexible but strong black plastic that I use for mods on my car. I might make the sides with fiberglass over these cardboard templates. Any pointers about waterproofing? Or anything else about this kind of project? (Btw, The battery is sealed in plastics and will be cushioned so it cannot contact metal surfaces.) 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.