[ausev] Weatherising my EV... coroplast!

[Aaron Choate]

I've seen a lot of empirical evidence for using coroplast as well.  It is
probably worth a try.  We do business with Regal as well and have always had
a good experience with them.

Just a quick warning...  ensure that you keep a good source of air flow into
your motor.  You don't want to end up starving it of cooling air while
trying to protect it.  Depending on how you are using your car, you could
end up overheating your motor if you aren't careful.

Cheers,

Aaron Choate

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Mike Librik <mlibrik at att.net> wrote:

> gary wrote:
> > Something like coroplast sheets might work
> > well to cut and secure in sections underneath.  I saw that done on some
> > hyper-mile sites (for example - first return on "hypermiler coroplast"
> > search is
> >
> http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/volvo-850-coroplast-wonder-4093.html
> ).
> > I'm told there is a plastics place that sells sheets in NE San Antonio
> > (for John anyway).
>
> There is also Regal Plastics in north Austin at Metric & Rundburg.  You
> can get a big 4x8 foot sheet of 5 mil coroplast for about $20.
>
> Coroplast is great stuff.  I use it extensively for cargo boxes on
> bicycles and enclosures on the heavy e-trikes & bikes that I make.
>
> 5 mil coroplast would probably do just fine for a section under the
> motor.  It is easily cut to shape, but snip down the corners as they can
> be sharp.  I'd suggest using some E6000 glue (sand surfaces first)
> backed up with black zip ties to secure it to the chassis.  If you need
> to remove it the E6000 gives easily to concerted yanking.
>
> You could easily make a cowling for the top of the motor as well that
> could snap securely into place.  Let me know if you need ideas.
>
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