Fibreglass panels

[Rob666]

Is painting and preping fibreglass panel the same as painting normal panels? and will the finish look as good?
anyone got any pictures of there cars with painted fibreglass panels on?

[Iain]

My bonnet is fibreglass painted, you can see it's fibreglass as it's quite wavy but the finish is just as smooth as the metal panels.

[paul james]

I just painted fibreglass wings, no pictures of them on the car yet though. I gave mine a good coating of acid etch primer before using a high build primer, with a good coverage of both the higher number of imperfections over steel wings got nicely filled. Then the colour coat went on as normal, you wouldn't know they were fibrglass by looking at them know.

[Rob666]

is there any downsides to having the fibreglass pannels? am hoping to get doors,wings tailgate and bonnet soon with polycarb windows for abit of weight saving,il post pics when they arrive

[Hobbit]

Bonnet and boot are both fiberglass...

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p72/wiggardywoo/20120722_172527.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p72/wiggardywoo/20120722_172545.jpg

You can't tell by looking, most people don't spot they are fiberglass.

This is the only downside if you get the wrong bonnet.

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p72/wiggardywoo/562933_10150865969133885_667958884_11948434_179507 2051_n.jpg

I painted mine with 2k to allow for a bit of flex.

[paul james]

Downside for fibreglass panels is how you can attach them to the car, tailgates and bonnets can't really use the original catches as you'll end up cracking them. People attach them with bonnet pins usually, which is fine if its a track car. Not sure how you'd go about attaching fibreglass doors, think I'd prefer lightened steel ones or carbon fibre would be cool.

[BRoadGhost]

Hey frodo you could just bond some ally box across the underside to stop it looking like an abused indian child.

[Mike]

think I'd prefer lightened steel ones or carbon fibre would be cool.

A wet lay carbon panel would weight the same as a GRP equivalent :thumb:. But cost about three times as much.

[Rob666]

cheers for pics hobbit,i cant tell atall and it looks good held on with the pins i think. Duno what to do about the doors anyone got any ideas or ever fitted them before?

[Southie]

Calibra-keith has fitted fiberglass doors to his project CLICKYME (http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?105329-Wide-Arched-F-G-Paneled-Track-Nova-MSA-Logbooked/page19)