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Originally Posted by jakobnev
Maybe a transparent piece about this shape that sits on top of the trunk lid and reaches about half way up the rear window
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I've thought about maybe a lip on the trunk edge but I would be worried about making things worse overall if I interrupt the air flow on the rear glass. I think it's attached pretty well going by how quickly rain is removed when driving.
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Originally Posted by freebeard
It's good that you have an accomplice.
Here's my solution for a trailer but not with a rectangular plan...
Split tailgate? That would lend itself to a boat tail or box cavity.
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The accomplice is useful for keeping me from shortcuts as well as giving an extra hand.
I've seen your trailer pics multiple times, and it's been influential in my thought process, as well as many other projects here such as the T100 from BamZipPow. I plan on having at least a drip edge box cavity in the rear, and we're fairly sure we can taper the side walls (other than the 10 inch base) to help create somewhat of an overall shrinking profile.
Once my son got interested this turned into a full fledged experiment, lol. He's decided to work with me after the upcoming school year is over and he's gaining skills that will help with that, so explaining and learning is as time intensive as working. Good times all around though. On to a couple of progress pics.
We picked up a few sheets of floor underlayment to make templates with. Made a couple of smaller temporary sidewalls with one and we let some water and the sun do work forming a general curve we can start with. We've decided to make three or four quite different curves and positions to test and we will use the one that works the best and tweak it until we are satisfied then we'll move to doing it again with metal.
