Building a Custom Van Wind Fairing/Deflector

[@painterjosef77]

Looks very good. Best wishes Josef.👍

[@homesteadhandyman4481]

Thanks Josef

[@wallyjordan5060]

Yeah, we wanted a "ride-along"... haha!

[@nelsonwalker7105]

nice workmanship

[@homesteadhandyman4481]

Thanks 👍

[@davidvalenzuela2186]

I looked everywhere for a fairing/wind deflector for my van. Could not find one I liked so I built a custom one. This is how I did it!

[@sumosprojects]

Nifty little project Don, go workmanship mate 👍👍👍

[@homesteadhandyman4481]

Thanks Dirk! Hope all is well with you!

[@benjiandmckenzie8269]

Great job my man, thanks for the idea!

[@joshuabradford65]

Looks good Don!

[@12vLife]

Nice I'm thinking of just making it out of 22 ga steel sheet (48"x12") and just bending , painting and screwing it to my aluminum cross bar.

[@davidvalenzuela2186]

Building a Custom Van Wind Fairing/Deflector

[@timsmith1029]

My Friend, maybe flip the stainless bolts over for a little less drag/noise? Great job, inspiring!🙂

[@ronmiller7916]

Don, can you give us an update on this deflector? I'm finishing up my Express van and have 2 solar panels on the roof in the same configuration as yours. I can feel the drag on the highway and I am wondering if your deflector has solved your drag problem. Also, when I saw your completed project, the first thing I thought was "a good wind would cause it to lift upwards". Even a sidewind. I'm in CT but I'll be going to the southwest where the winds across the highways can be wild since they travel across the plains for miles.

[@homesteadhandyman4481]

Hi Ron, It worked very well. We have sold the van and got a camper instead as we plan to do a lot of travel.Dont blame you for leaving CT. We moved away from there.

[@DUDENOHELP]

Did this improve your mpg a little?

[@unacamper9123]

Put AIR TABS over the mounts......

[@Mdydaf55]

I'll give you a thumbs-up for the effort but I don't like that you didn't match the curvature of the roof

[@tomdalgleish]

Thats really bad. Friction will take off paint at the point of contact. The angle is too steep so substantially increases fuel consumption.

[@homesteadhandyman4481]

The main reason for the fairing was to help push the wind over the solar panels. Works great. Thanks for watching!