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Old 03-15-2018, 07:27 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Lightbulb Planning ecomods for my Civic

So while waiting for circumstances to give me the ability to start ecomodding my car, here are is what I've come up with to do:

- Smooth coroplast wheel covers. Easy to restore to stock by cutting a few zip ties.
- Pipe insulation to block upper grille.
- Coroplast to effectively block portions of the lower grille. Coroplast "fan blades" to cover fog light area to increase aero.
- Possibly use coroplast to duct incoming air into the radiator.
- Air Dam - lawn edging mounted onto front bumper.
- Possibly see if I can obtain the engine bay belly pan from a same gen Civic Hybrid to install.

Attached is a rough idea of what I'd hope the final product to look like (thanks to Microsoft Paint):



What do you think? Any tips, suggestions, or improvements? Should I paint it black or try to match the silver? I'm also considering automated grille shutters if I ever become knowledgeable enough to wire them up.

All mods must be easily restorable to stock (unless I replaced the part such as with the bumper and grille, but kept the original bumper and grille).
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