10-13-2016, 03:26 PM
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I'd bet there's good reason to put a small dam in front of the tires at least, even with a pan in place.
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10-13-2016, 09:44 PM
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The hardest-core guys have done it.
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10-15-2016, 03:24 PM
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airdam/undertray
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Sorry for the pic... No air dam yet. I have pipe insulation on the bottom and cardboard on the top grill.
Seems like an air dam and an undertray can't be used at the same time... am i wrong?
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Ford used an 'active' airdam,in conjunction with an 'active' suspension for their full-belly-panned Ford Probe-IV concept of 1983,which registered Cd 0.154.
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10-16-2016, 10:43 AM
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I've added a 4 inch air dam to the bumper... I'll try putting up some pics later.
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10-16-2016, 06:56 PM
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Here we are. One photo is without the dam, one is with.
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I'm thinking about fiberglassed cardboard as a material for wheel skirts and undertrays. Anyone used this combo before?
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10-16-2016, 10:39 PM
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I haven't seen the pix because NoScript says there are 6 advertisers lined up behind Photobucket itself. I could enable Photobucket only, but I don't want to see it that bad. Consider uploading pictures to an album you create on your Profile page.
https://www.google.com/search?q=fiberglass+over+cardboard+car
Looks like.
Be aware that as soon as water penetrates the skin it all turns to mush inside. The forums fave is Coroplast. Personally I like Polymetal
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10-16-2016, 10:53 PM
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Hmm, sorry bout the pics. I'll see what I can do.
Yeah, i knew cardboard was the weakness, but i have a lot at the moment.
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10-17-2016, 01:29 AM
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It's an election year; prime Coroplast hunting season. Party offices before Nov 8th and front yards after.
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10-22-2016, 01:48 PM
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cardboard/fiberglass
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Here we are. One photo is without the dam, one is with.
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I'm thinking about fiberglassed cardboard as a material for wheel skirts and undertrays. Anyone used this combo before?
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I made the nose,wheel skirts,and boat tail for my CRX with fiberglass'd cardboard.
Soaked all three in a cattle stock tank to turn the cardboard to mush afterwards,leaving only the glass shell.
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10-22-2016, 02:18 PM
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I can't seem to get the rear wheels skirts down... Too many curves at once. I am starting to envy people with flat sided cars!
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