Dipping Tiptoes

[cowmeat]

Just messing around man, I never bring my feelings to the Interweb!

She carpools with me in the Black Widow anyway, ugly wheel skirts and all, lol!
She's pretty numb to anything I do to it now, and she just sits hunched over checking Facebook on her i-phone the whole time. Occasionally she'll look up startled if I bump start it too hard, but otherwise she's just waiting on the ride to be over . . . I am trying to find something with AC to replace it, so I can pass the Festiva on to my son and carpool with her in peace

I'm thinking about adding some kind of flexible plastic molding over the tape joints on the wheel skirts to make them look a little more legit, anybody got any ideas?

[MetroMPG]

elhigh - nice to see some toe-dipping.

Originally Posted by elhigh

she said I got the concentricity nearly perfect.

They're made of shelf paper.

I'd say so! I thought that was Photoshopped.

Shelf paper ... what about durability?

You've got extra... how about making cutouts to go over the holes in the wheels as well -- do you drive in the mountains?

[elhigh]

That's what I thought when I posted the photo: "They're never going to believe that."

That's why I say dipping: these little discs are just to feel things out. Today marks their fifth morning and so far they seem to be holding up. We haven't had any rain but when we do, then we'll see if they're up to the greater challenge of Tennessee weather.

Sweetie and I have talked about making more covers to seal up the perimeter openings, and also about using a much larger piece, backed by coroplast, to become an entire fender skirt. But that will have to wait for the adhesive compatibility test.

[freebeard]

I'm curious, but your link just dumps me at the forum home page. The URL became elided.

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[elhigh]

^^ Which link is that?

I've noticed this on someone else's posted link, it just threw me back to the forum home page.

[freebeard]

Sorry — mcrews at Permalink #10. That snip of code is from viewing the page source. When the post was created the middle of the URL went to ... and now vBulletin offers the main page as a 'best guess'.

[elhigh]

They fell off. Sunday morning saddling up for a short hike, I noticed that both discs had come off the rear wheels. In defense of the concept however, I must point out that the discs were actually making contact only on a very narrow strip of wheel, about 3/16" all the way around. My wife had noticed that they were almost too small when I put them on in the first place, and had expressed concern last week that there might not be enough of a contact patch to ensure long-term adhesion.

Sweetie, on the morning commute just a few minutes ago, said, "Well, let's make another batch, and use those dressmaker tricks I told you about so we can wrap a longer waistband further down onto the wheel."

"You mean, taking darts out so they'll fit the cone?"

"Right. And then we'll make gores to cover the perimeter holes."

Guys, I married up.

[freebeard]

Good for you.

Try some dots of superglue around the edges to limit the delamination. Maybe one at each dart.

[MetroMPG]

Nice!

Oh... show her the grille block/bra I made. Sounds like she could put together something much better than what I came up with: http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...k-bra-285.html