under belly pan for 02 Q45

[dremd]

Very cool.
I think I will do the same with 20ga cold rolled steel.

[mcrews]

there are drawbacks to using material other than coroplast. This was discussed at one point..

Metal will vibrate, rust, it's expensive compared to coroplast, heavier.....the list goes on.

[mcrews]

I am running just a front and rear belly pans.

here are some pics on the rear:
Curved cp up to meet underside of car. also show the cp taped to the wheel well





Passenger side rear wheel well


from directly under the bend in cp....



driver side rear wheel well:


driver side...used gorilla tape to seal cp to factory wheel well.






vent from closed off space:



looking from under passenger seat toward rear
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[Mira]

Muchas gracias mcrews for the loads of useful info and pictures! I sense a belly pan is in my future...

[mcrews]

Originally Posted by connorkeyser

Muchas gracias mcrews for the loads of useful info and pictures! I sense a belly pan is in my future...

Thank you for your kind words Capt Planet!
I recently sold the Q45 w 274,000 miles.
Those lasts pics were probably taken around 250,000.
And still looked like taht when it was sold.

[mcrews]

been missing the Q.........
REALLY miss the electronic suspension!!!

The Kia Sportage is nice....VERY well maintained for an 06.


But I have been looking at 06 Q45s on the internet......

[Prophecy99]

awe man that sucks! why did you have to sell it?!

Thanks again for this amazing thread.

[mcrews]

Originally Posted by Prophecy99

awe man that sucks! why did you have to sell it?!

Thanks again for this amazing thread.

I had busted up the front lip

I inherited the Kia Sportage from my daughter w 100k on it. The infiniti was at274k.
Also I had busted up the front lip on the IMPUL body kit and was becoming unhappy with thinks. Didnt want to put any money into it so sold it while it was still worth something.

for $11-14k I can pick up an 06 w/less than 100k!

[Wolf_Tm]

I did an under engine cover for my Caddy LPG, but after finishing I immediately removed it as I made a test with a flame and discovered our Euro coroplast is soooooooooo flammable!
But maybe yours is different.
Going to redo it in with an aluminum sheet...

[mcrews]

Originally Posted by Wolf_Tm

I did an under engine cover for my Caddy LPG, but after finishing I immediately removed it as I made a test with a flame and discovered our Euro coroplast is soooooooooo inflammable!
But maybe yours is different.
Going to redo it in with an aluminum sheet...

inflammable: not able to burn.

maybe you mean: flammable?

over 150k miles, not even a slight melt.

I can burnup a lot of things with direct flame..........

euro and U.S. coroplast are the same.