Project EconoPolo (aeromodding a VW)

[viio]

Today I've been busy - I've been making rear wheel skirts/fairings.

First of all I made a cardboard template.


Then used some more of my acrylic plastic sheeting, cut out using the template with lots of spare around the edge.


Then I used a heatgun what I purchased this morning to bend around some edges and flare it out a bit for fitting round the tyres.


Here it is moulded and in position.


Then I got to cutting out one for the other side.


And some wider shots so you can see what's what.






Now the paint is drying and I'll fit the brackets in a couple of hours

[kingsway]

Could I ask where you got the gloss-finish black rubber? It certainly looks the business...

I'm also worried about making my car look too 'ghetto' as I think you called it!

[viio]

On ebay, it's actually 4mm rally mud flap material. From JJC: JJC Rally Mud Flap Material 4mm MSA Spec Pair Blk | eBay

I got it for my Subaru but used it on the Polo instead :P

[viio]

Here's one side fitted - much cleaner than the rest of the car lol

[viio]

My other job completed today, two inserts for wind deflecting the wiper blades:

[euromodder]

Errr, the front mud flaps are still on !
(They're a drag )

[viio]

Noted, I'll sort those at the weekend

[Vekke]

http://wwwm.coventry.ac.uk/researchn...%20Vehicle.pdf

Thats pretty similar car so effects are almost the same in your car. This means you can compare your Cd calculation results to those .

[viio]

Nice find that was good reading!

[Grant-53]

Nice work so far and the coventry.ac.uk pdf gives a good idea what areas give the biggest gains.