Real wheel skirts.

I called an automotive customizer here in San Diego on Friday and asked what they would charge. They told me 3 days and $800 i could have some paint matched skirts

 

found the thread on clean mpg.
Prius Rear Wheel Skirts - CleanMPG Forums

That being said, rear skirts CAN look very good, as seen on the Aero Prius Yurastyle thread http://priuschat.com/forums/prius-modifications/37756-aero-prius-yurastyle.html

 

I am very interested. I've been trying to find some for a long time.

Thanks

 

I'm interested, pending price and possibility to ship to Canada.
Barcelona Red.

 

I'm interested, but cheap too

 

Count me in!!

 

I'm definitly interested (price pending)! Put me on your list please.

 

bestmapman,

At the risk of appearing pushy, is there any news on the progress of this project?

 

I second that. They are sure sexxy additions to a Prii !

 

fairly new here, whats the purpose of the skirts?

and how much$?

 

Can't wait. :0)

 

thanx

just waiting on pics and price

 

Need to see some validated MPG #s. Did some rough ROI calcs for 1MPG savings on current 45MPG avg and 24k miles driven/year:

@ $800 cost, $5/gal avg > ROI ~ 13 years
@ $800 cost, $7/gal avg > ROI ~ 10 years
@ $500 cost, $5/gal avg > ROI ~ 8 years
@ $500 cost, $7/gal avg > ROI ~ 6 years

So, if it can be demonstrated to provide 2MPG improvements, then I might recover a $500 cost in as few as 4 years, which ain't bad at all. My breakeven ROI vs my Mazda RX-8 was $2.50/gal, so approaching $5/gal leaves me with almost enough discretionary savings to justify the Hymotion Plug-in Kit (so long as I can charge at work for the trip home). The spats would have to yield twice the MPG savings, if I went the 100MPG baseline route!

 

Count me in (price depending)!

 

Having had a 2000 Honda Insight for over 2 years I can tell you that those skirts will not be clear for long and would probably be a baaaad idea. Every time I washed it I would take the skirts off, lay them face down in the grass and scrub them with a brush and soapy water and they were usually pretty dirty and this was even with weekly washings. Then I would clean and dry both sides of the skirts, load them up in the hatch and drive down to the "do-it-yourself" car wash and actually be able to scrub and pressure wash the wheels and tires and everything else you can't clean when the skirts are on. So occasionally you'd see a naked Insight on a run to the car wash! But seriously, even washing every week (and I don't live on a dirt country road now, we're talking freeway driving here) those things got dirty. Just take a look under your front fender wells, better yet just get a wet soapy rag and rub it around in there a few times and thats a fraction of how bad your clear skirts would look. Hope I've made a point!

But the Insight skirts were designed to be very simple and only have 2 screws on each skirt, they screws used are actually 1/4 turn screws so you just push them into place and give 1/4 turn to the right and they lock in place. They have a flat-head type slot in them so tools aren't really required, it was intended that you be able to use the flattened end of the jack handle as a flat-head screwdriver to remove them if necessary in case of a flat and you could probably even turn them with a coin. Can't wait to see these in person, but I don't think I'll be getting a set for myself.

 

ilusnforc,

Thank you for that info.

Could you, or any of the other Insight owners, post pictures of the of the
inside of your skirts/spats, and the method of attchment?

By any chance, is the inside coated with anything -- "undercoating" like in
the wheel well -- to minimize the chance of cracks by stones thrown up by
the wheel/tire?

 

Third post contains the links to the Insight skirts.

Insight wheel skirts. How do they attach? - CleanMPG Forums