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Old 11-02-2014, 12:44 AM   #31 (permalink)
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Wheel covers

Installed wheel covers today based on MetroMPG's (http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...7-a-30111.html).

I used a round piece of cardboard from a pizza box as a template to cut out the parts I needed from some waxed cardboard I had around. I thought that it was funny that a pizza disc was the perfect size. Makes sense though as I've read of some of you guys using pizza pans as wheel covers.

Put 100km of highway driving on them today already, look good.

I plan on using a more durable material that I can paint later.

Pics to follow soon.

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Old 11-02-2014, 07:39 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Ok, finally getting to posting the pics of the wheel cover business. Took me a few hours including tire change.

All my current mods are installed now after getting the car back from the autobody shop.











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Old 11-02-2014, 08:23 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Those don't look too bad, have you noticed a difference in FE so far?
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Nice! Stainless screws?

Excellent to see someone doing this on an alloy wheel. Seems like a decent solution for the drill-o-phobics.

EDIT: the only difference in my approach was I made the discs large enough that they just touch the tire itself (helps keep them centered, I figure).
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Genius level on the wheel covers is very high. thank you for sharing!!
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Those don't look too bad, have you noticed a difference in FE so far?
It's pretty small, and I won't be doing any testing. Can't afford to give it the time it'd deserve. I figure I'll stand on the shoulders of the ecomodding giants that've gone before me and just do the mods they've seen results from and let them do the testing them take the credit. My plan is to have several aeromods stack their cumulative effects.

That said it wasn't as hard to hit 50mpg both to and from work today with temps near freezing and a stiff cross wind on the highway.
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Nice! Stainless screws?
Good eye on the stainless screws! I now have a source I can order whatever fastener I need pretty much in stainless. That's a big hurdle in the land of salt and snow=rust.


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Excellent to see someone doing this on an alloy wheel. Seems like a decent solution for the drill-o-phobics.

EDIT: the only difference in my approach was I made the discs large enough that they just touch the tire itself (helps keep them centered, I figure).
I think in the final version I'll extend to the tire so the wheel is not visible. I'm thinking of painting the same colour as the car. Now if only the paint for a 14 year old vehicle was still for sale...
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Coroplast obtained!

Today I finally got home from work in time to catch the local sign store open and so picked up a 4x8 sheet of black coroplast.

First project was to replace the upper grille block that was starting to look horrific after 2 years of road grit and paint chips. Since it's now black and I'm not painting there will be no paint chips this time.

Pics to follow when I have time, could be a few days.
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paint

My local parts store also supplies paint. I can order specific colours and they'll mix it up in a spray can. It's pricey thought: ~$25.

But I bet you could also order colour match (spray) from Crappy Tire for half that or less if they don't have it in stock.
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Slick work with the cardboard. I do like the festive tone of the pink coro mounting buttons, too bad they're covered

Would spray paint even stick to waxed cardboard? Or is this just a prototype for your follow-on effort in coroplast?

Nice grille block, very clean.

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