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Old 04-06-2009, 01:57 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Okay couple things:

First off great idea! I think you might be able to stick with the strong springs if you just lower the initial angle that the coroplast or move the connection point on the flap you could probably get it to move at the speed you want.

Any chance I could get more info on your wheel covers? They look pretty slick and may prove to be an easy solution for my wheels. I have aluminum alloys that came stock.
You are right. There are a lot of ways to skin the marmoset when it comes to this. Right now I am only tweaking "one parameter". The springs are the easiest parameter to tweak.

That wheel cover is aluminum tape, but it's too fragile, , so I can't recommend it. It is here :

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...disk-3657.html

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