I got accosted for wheel skirts!

[BBsGarage]

Originally Posted by lovemysan

I finally told them it wouldn't help a SUV and suggested they check out gassavers.org.

Uh, this is ecomodder and you told them to go to gassavers

[Ophbalance]

I'd assume that the under hood stuff is a warm air intake.

[johnpr]

so why wont wheel skirts help an suv??

[cfg83]

Ophbalance -

Originally Posted by Ophbalance

I'd assume that the under hood stuff is a warm air intake.

Yup.

CarloSW2

[lovemysan]

Originally Posted by johnpr

so why wont wheel skirts help an suv??

More specifically they won't help "there" SUV. An isuzu trooper that sounds like it needs a serious valve adjustment, tires, and misc TLC that spends its entire life beating around the city is not a good candidate to buy wheel skirts for.

I suggested they look at gassavers so I wouldn't have to yell the spelling of ecomodder over the sound of a loudly tapping isuzu at a light that was about to green up.

[lovemysan]

Originally Posted by ankit

wheel skirts=chick magnet? who would have known?


I see the changes also. Maybe we have reached that point where people actually care enough about FE.

Funny..it doesn't seem to effect my wife.

[lovemysan]

Originally Posted by Ophbalance

How did you make the tabs for the skirts?

I think there called a step edge. Not sure though. Any sturdy right angle material will work, including a board. MY inner fenders are plastic so no rust from screw holes. I've have heard of someone using 1" poly pipe instead of angle brackets.

[johnpr]

thanks for clearing that up about the wheel skirts. i know what you mean, do the maintenance stuff before you even think about the body stuff

[99clipsgst]

How do you Do your maintance on your car? like changing the oil? I just put a Front Belly Pan on but I havn't gone all the way back bc of the oil pan and filter.

[instarx]

Originally Posted by lovemysan

And a group of women in an Isuzu trooper begged for my phone# for 2 minutes so I could make them wheel skirts!

That alone makes up for all the work!

I have also noticed big changes in driving habits. Lot's of people on bicycles. Lot's of mopeds and scooters. People actually going the speed limits. Less traffic.

I have also noticed a lot of people crawling away from traffic lights so I have to use my brakes to avoid hitting them after having timed my approach to the light perfectly otherwise. Darned slowpokes! Also, there is nothing like following an SUV a quarter of a mile in second gear because the driver thinks he's saving gas.

At least they're thinking about FE now.