Old bed liner for belly pan

[ngrimm]

Thank you for the ideas and pics. I went back to the bedliner pile and here is what I came up with for sideskirts. As you can see, I flipped over the top side part of the bedliner and turned the lip facing the underside of the truck. The old rear corner of the liner is the start of a flare for the rear wheel opening. I'll make a piece to enlarge it. The skirt is at the same level as the belly pan so it will be easy to fill the gap. My son said it looks like a cheesy body kit. I suppose compared to the skirts on his Eagle Talon with a CD of .27.

[euromodder]

What has all the modding done to your fuel consumption so far ?

You may want to start a fuel log in the ecomodder garage if you haven't got one already somewhere else.
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[codenamezero]

This defeats the purpose of a jeep... the function of a jeep is suppose to go off terrain... try going off-road with all those skirts and stuff... see what happen...

If you want a fuel economy car, start with a van. Is kind of stupid to get a jeep that drink gas and then try to patch it up with aero mod that defeat the off-road purpose...

Don't get me wrong... nice mods but getting a van would be more beneficial if you ain't going off-road with it.

[ngrimm]

You may not have surmised that I'm just experimenting with extremes and will probably cut the air dam down some to see what is the least I can use and still achieve better mpg. That's why I made the side skirts short so as not to not loose ground clearance under the center where it really counts. I can take all of these mods off in 10 minutes and go four wheeling but not with these tires. Will post mileage results once my testing determines what if any is from the aero mods versus driving style changes.

[tiderfish]

Great thread! Your waste not want not attitude is commendable. I have a couple of questions.

What truck is your bronco based off of? Ranger or F150?
Did you use a full size trucks bed liner? or midsized?

I ask because I would like to do this to my F150, and am just wondering what truck I should get the bed liner from. I assume it has to be F150, but it does not hurt to ask!

[ngrimm]

I think it was from a Ranger size pickup since the width matches the front of the Bronco II. I just completed a 400+ mile trip over the 6000 ft mountains by Crater Lake and averaged 22.1 mpg going and 24.0 returning. We are at 1200 ft and where I was going was 4000 ft elevation so I think that was part of the difference. The weather here has kept me from doing ABA tests.