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Old 07-25-2014, 05:32 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Clear grill block

That looks nice, Eastwood. Here's my own version, the invisible grill block. If it doesn't work out, I'll probably copy your idea on the lower grill.





This was made from a $4 plexiglass sheet from Hobby Lobby, epoxied in at the corners. I would recommend not using Plexiglass to everybody else, it's too brittle. But it's held up so far...


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Old 12-08-2014, 01:45 AM   #22 (permalink)
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Back from the frozen North and reunited with my car.

Switched out the 1LT (my car's model) 16" 19.8lbs wheels for wheels that come standard on the Chevy Cruze Eco: 17" 17.8lbs wheels.

Old Wheel:

1LT 5 Spoke:
- Cast Aluminum
- 16 x 6.5”
- Fully machined finish
- 42mm offset
- 5x105 lug pattern
- 19.8 lbs





New Wheel (getting a bit of a hatchback feel from this angle, but the focus is on the wheel):

Eco 15 Spoke:
- Forged Aluminum
- 17 x 7”
- Fully polished
- 42mm offset
- 5x105 lug pattern
- 17.8 lbs




Lost 8 pounds of unsprung weight as a result. Also took out the spare tire (since it's a different size) and all the equipment that went with that and lost 32.4 pounds of weight from the trunk.

Put on new 215/55/17 Goodyear Assurance Fuel Max tires. These are the LRR tires that come standard on the Chevy Cruze Eco.

Also installed a rear upper sway bar in the trunk that helps cut down massively on body roll in the curves.


(Manufacturer's picture)

Flatter is better, right?
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I believe the OEM spat design is correct. Without increasing the front area and being set inward it moves some air from under to the outside. The air moves out at maybe a 60 degree angle, so it doesn't have to go to the outside edge of the tire. I wouldn't change it by more than a 1/2 in any direction.
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Eastwood- nice! I've been wanting to get some Eco rims, but they're pricey. Maybe after I pay off the car. Have you felt any difference? Were you the one who snagged some off eBay for $250?

I did the splash shield recently. You'll prob have to cut it:
I want to reinstall my engine splash shield, need part number - Page 4

I'm trying to decide between LED headlights, a trunk spoiler, or more Eco underbody panels next.
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Car sits up a little bit higher, not very noticeable, and could just be placebo effect since I know I'm on 17" wheels instead of 16".

Coast time is noticeably longer thanks to the LRR tires.

I'm going after all that rear cavity space under the trunk next. Using this as a guide:



The guy that posted that on CruzeTalk said that it started falling down so he took it off of his car. I'll add another brace or two to my version so hopefully it will maintain its rigidity.

On the engine splash shield, I have to repair a crack in mine (going to try fiberglass for the first time!) thanks to a little critter. When I have it off, I'll try to find an easy way to put in some easily removeable coroplast to take up the area that was cut out by GM. My hunch is that I can just lay it on top of the splash shield, over the cutout area, and simply use some tape to secure it, but we'll see. Then when I want to remove it for service, I can just push it up from the tape and pull it out by pulling it towards the rear of the car and then removing the tape.

Being on the bottom of the engine bay and not touching anything, I'm confident that it won't melt.

I'm also thinking about those vertical bumper spoilers.
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Car is looking great!

As for the rear cavity space cover, are you going to use coroplast or something else? I wanted to do one as well but am worried about the muffler melting it.
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Pulling the fuse

I redid my grill block recently. Went a bit more aggressive and used some peelable caulk so I can take it off at any time.


I also pulled the OnStar fuse. It's a 10A fuse in the box by the driver's left knee. That's pretty big! 10A*12V means that OnStar is potentially pulling 120Watts, which is maybe even more than the headlights.

Can't say I noticed any difference after pulling the fuse, plus now there's no possibility of being tracked via GPS.
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Car is looking great!

As for the rear cavity space cover, are you going to use coroplast or something else? I wanted to do one as well but am worried about the muffler melting it.
Leaving a 1-2" gap between the muffler and coroplast should be fine.

I have coroplast lying right against on the exhaust of my Subaru STi, the coroplast is slightly melted away.

Coroplast has a higher melting temperature than typical car exhausts.
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I redid my grill block recently. Went a bit more aggressive and used some peelable caulk so I can take it off at any time.


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I like it! From this distance it looks almost oem.
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I redid my grill block recently. Went a bit more aggressive and used some peelable caulk so I can take it off at any time.

I also pulled the OnStar fuse. It's a 10A fuse in the box by the driver's left knee. That's pretty big! 10A*12V means that OnStar is potentially pulling 120Watts, which is maybe even more than the headlights.

Can't say I noticed any difference after pulling the fuse, plus now there's no possibility of being tracked via GPS.
That lower block looks really nice! Also, that sounds like a pretty cool idea on the fuse. Easy to do too. I wonder what other fuses we could do without.

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Leaving a 1-2" gap between the muffler and coroplast should be fine.

I have coroplast lying right against on the exhaust of my Subaru STi, the coroplast is slightly melted away.

Coroplast has a higher melting temperature than typical car exhausts.
Yep, jedi_sol has it right. If it's okay next to his exhaust on the 2.5L Turbo Aero STI, it will certainly be fine on our little 1.4L Turbos with a small gap.

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