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California98Civic · 04-02-2018, 07:10 PM

Working on the wiring routes for (1) my bumper cover mounted charging port and (2) my battery relocation the the trunk, and I found an ant colony behind a panel. Hahaha. And then this window crack. I repaired one on my wife's car last fall. This is a runner beginning with a chip. Gonna try and fix it with a kit, if possible. Grrr!

And here is the current prototype of the charge port. As usual, I am practicing the "lookalike" fabrication method. This charge port is made of a store bought plug plus two used oil seals (one from my car and one found in the road), a used circular oil seal spring from my car, and a used medicine bottle (cut to fit & plasti-dipped in black). Three small neodymium magnets inside the medicine bottle hold it over the prongs as a rain cover, or hold it to the circular spring when plug is in use for charging. It cannot be shaken off. Love those magnets! Total cost is maybe 6 bucks right now.

I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN my still incomplete wheel mod started above. I just need to finish bumper cover off mods first. Too much stuff to do & not enough time!

04-02-2018, 07:10 PM	#336 (permalink)
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	Working on the wiring routes for (1) my bumper cover mounted charging port and (2) my battery relocation the the trunk, and I found an ant colony behind a panel. Hahaha. And then this window crack. I repaired one on my wife's car last fall. This is a runner beginning with a chip. Gonna try and fix it with a kit, if possible. Grrr! And here is the current prototype of the charge port. As usual, I am practicing the "lookalike" fabrication method. This charge port is made of a store bought plug plus two used oil seals (one from my car and one found in the road), a used circular oil seal spring from my car, and a used medicine bottle (cut to fit & plasti-dipped in black). Three small neodymium magnets inside the medicine bottle hold it over the prongs as a rain cover, or hold it to the circular spring when plug is in use for charging. It cannot be shaken off. Love those magnets! Total cost is maybe 6 bucks right now. I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN my still incomplete wheel mod started above. I just need to finish bumper cover off mods first. Too much stuff to do & not enough time! 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. Last edited by California98Civic; 04-03-2018 at 08:03 PM.. Reason: Typos... I really shoulkd proof read this stuff!!