Aeromodded Civic VX 72mpg (image heavy)

[California98Civic]

Originally Posted by The donkey CRX

The Grey CRX's grill block is cool looking, but the donkeycrx has the best wheelskirt/kamm/tail around. Spaceman style.

[Istas]

Totally jealous of all those cars, both stock and as modded.

[mikeyjd]

Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard

That looks fine. I wouldn't worry about the wrinkles too much. If they hold up over time, then you may have come up with something better than any of us have, so far.



Holy crap! 106MPG?! You are right up there!

That bright green line looks nice You know you're an ecomodder when your worst tank is 71.43mpg!

[The donkey CRX]

Thanks for the compliment, Mikey.

[NeilBlanchard]

Originally Posted by California98Civic

The Grey CRX's grill block is cool looking, but the donkeycrx has the best wheelskirt/kamm/tail around. Spaceman style.

Don't forget the red Civic (subject of this thread) has a damper (maybe two separate ones?) on the grill opening.

[ecoTex]

the red car (Mule VX) has two dampers that are separately adjustable from the cockpit. The white car, my uncle's car, has the newest version, also adjustable. All handmade by my dad, the donkey crx. In The picture from the event the white car looks like it just has a solid block. Pretty sweet!

[Fat Charlie]

Originally Posted by The donkey CRX

I may have seen a cooler picture once, but I'm not certain.

[Baltothewolf]

LOL OMG IM DYING! I just showed my cousin the inside and he goes "Trying to go back now are they? Where is the flux capacitor?" ahahahahahahah.

More OT: I love the look of this car. It looks somewhat like an Insight, and I love the look of that which is probably why I love the look of this.

[The donkey CRX]

Thanks Baltothewolf, you are right, it does feel like you are piloting a space ship when you are watching water temp, intake air temp, vacuum gauge, mpguino, speed, and adjusting the grill shutters and intake air shutter in order to maximize those MPG's!

[The donkey CRX]

I tried once more to make a decent looking wheel cover using vinyl sign lettering material. This time I went on line to Sign Warehouse Inc and found some thicker black vinyl that is 3 mil, almost twice the thickness of my first try. The part number was VEG-500-2410-502 and came in a roll 24 inch by 30 f00t for $18.59 plus $10.18 for shipping. This is enough to make 4 or 5 four wheel sets of covers.

Below are some pictures of how I made them.

First I made a pattern on the back of the vinyl peel off portion. These dimensions will cover all the "holes" on a 14 inch Insight space saver wheel.







Here is the "donut" cut from the roll.



Then I cut across the "donut" so it would lay flat on the cone shape of the wheel





I then peeled off the backer and wet the wheel surface and the back of the vinyl donut with some soapy water, This made it easy to place the donut where I wanted it and remove any wrinkles or bubbles.

Here is a picture after it dried. You can still see where the "holes" are but I think it is still acceptable as a cheap and very lightweight aero wheel cover.