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08-10-2018, 06:56 PM | #15 | |
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Its not tougher than the bumper. Im thinking of using my leftover aluminum bar and making a riveting in a supports down each side and the middle. Will keep the weight total at ~2lbs and be much stronger |
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Melting point162 degrees C, 324 degrees F In my situation its not near any mufflers just the pipe. I think I have enough space to not melt. But hey this is an experiment, I just drove 100 miles to work and its fine. |
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Ok, not tougher, but tough enough. I think you're onto something with that material.
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Coroplast is a neat material to prototype with.
I made a couple fighter kite boxes 20 years ago to cart around festivals and through air cargo. I sourced a 4x8' sheet at a local sign company for about $20 I think. Just looked online and amazon is saying $135 !!!! I think most of that would be shipping rather than material. Check locally first. I tacked the boxes together with cable ties and they're still performing like new.
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most of us use al. for underbody panels. They take a lot of punishment.
Find a friend with a small brake and cross crease the panels to stop flex. .5 ml. is plenty thick if you want still more rigidity make defuser vanes. |
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It is really great material. I have 4mm, 6mm, and 10mm thick 4x8 sheets to make stuff out of. The 10mm is crazy strong
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Could air still get in there from the sides and farther up? I'd think if air could get in there it would push down on the panel. Any flex allowed with the rods/mounting ? Cost of this setup?
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I was going to use my remaining Aluminum Angle brackets to make supports so now I decided to add some side walls! I could only go about 2.5" high before touching the pipes. Cost estimates Coroplast $9 Stainless bolts washers, threaded rods ~$10 aluminum tube $7 Aluminum angle braces $5 each x 2 =$10 Total = <$40 I think some air could possibly get up inbetween the sides of the center exhaust pipe. I may try to add some weatherstrip to fill the space Total weight of plate with new supports still only 1.25lbs !! Using aluminum rivets was key to mounting the supports and staying light. So total with hardware is still only 2lbs for EVERYTHING! You can see wall comes right up to exhaust pipe I added the brace near the center pipe to fill in Air space. I think I'm too close. If vibration becomes an issue I will cut it back some. Wall goes as far back as I could go until the sway bar Besides filling in the sides of the center exhaust pipe I think I'm done with this project... |
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Had some leftover white coroplast and used it to fill the tunnel area and used clips in the stock holes
Front pipe area, as you can see the frame starts to curve upward so that was about as far forward as I could go. Have it all the way back meeting up with my Borla muffler which fills in the rest of the tunnel void It is up against the pipe as it gets close to the Borla so some of it will melt |
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The DIY guy back at it again! Looks legit. I got the JDM underpanels, and the velox trans tunnel panels. This looks like it would fit perfect behind the tunnel panels as they only go about half way back. You keep adding more things to my list to do.
Also debating about a diffuser. You got any plans on getting one of those? |
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Could be confusing because the Borla muffler sits infront of the fuel tank. That works as a wind shield behind the white plates I made. The original wind plate in the beginning of this thread covers the area where the large stock muffler would act as the wind shield. I see no reason to spend the $$$ on a diffuser when this serves most of that purpose |
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