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rancid240

11-17-2003, 12:34 AM

I want to get a kit...

Worried that I'm going to crack it in ten minutes (downtown and my local ralphs has some hella huge speedbumps)

Is FRP any better than fiberglass...I am assuming both are very brittle and I might just end up staying OEM (yay pignose) or saving up and getting one made of ABS.

Also how do you think a 240 hatch would look with wide fenders up front, and over fenders in rear?

Flybert

11-17-2003, 01:26 AM

FRP = fiber reinforced plastic

allmotorKA

11-17-2003, 01:46 AM

In other words fiberglass IS one form of FRP. Another common FRP used in the automotive industry is carbon fiber.

DoriftoSlut

11-17-2003, 10:59 AM

Yeah the resin used is a poly-based substance, so as a marketing gimmick they CAN technically call it a form of plastic (when it is cured and hardened with its catalyst). But for everyone else, its just fiberglass. Easy to break, easy to repair, nasty shit to inhale and get in your hair.... whoa that rhymed. I didnt mean to.