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Vman455 · 06-12-2017, 11:27 PM

It's been a while, but I finally got a chance to do some work on the Prius. As of today, it has side skirts once again, this time in coroplast to prevent the wrinkling I had before:

And, you can see that bar over the rear wheel where I'll be attaching the wheel skirts.

I used a door sweep, pictured in an earlier post, bent by hand to a nice curve to clear the tire. It's bolted in the front to the plastic rocker, and in back has a notch that slides over a spaced bolt in the bumper cover:

This allows me to flip the bar, and eventually the whole skirt, up and out of the way with no tools:

06-12-2017, 11:27 PM	#172 (permalink)
Vman455 Moderator Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Urbana, IL Posts: 1,939 Pope Pious the Prius - '13 Toyota Prius Two Team Toyota SUV 90 day: 51.62 mpg (US) Tycho the Truck - '91 Toyota Pickup DLX 4WD 90 day: 22.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 199 Thanked 1,804 Times in 941 Posts	It's been a while, but I finally got a chance to do some work on the Prius. As of today, it has side skirts once again, this time in coroplast to prevent the wrinkling I had before: And, you can see that bar over the rear wheel where I'll be attaching the wheel skirts. I used a door sweep, pictured in an earlier post, bent by hand to a nice curve to clear the tire. It's bolted in the front to the plastic rocker, and in back has a notch that slides over a spaced bolt in the bumper cover: This allows me to flip the bar, and eventually the whole skirt, up and out of the way with no tools: __________________ UIUC Aerospace Engineering www.amateuraerodynamics.com Last edited by Vman455; 07-08-2017 at 12:39 AM..