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  • 03-06-2016 9:37am
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    pongo69
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    dose any no it fiberglass under some parts of the underneath not sills will pass the DOE :confused:

    thanks for your help :)


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    crabbypaddy
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    pongo69 wrote: »
    dose any no it fiberglass under some parts of the underneath not sills will pass the DOE :confused:

    thanks for your help :)

    it is it a structural part? If they can't see it they can't fail it but if it's a structural area you'd be mad to try to get away with it for your own and others safety.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Fiberglass is a very difficult material to work against gravity and as P. says it's just for cosmetics.

    I've two rear wheel arches, rear doors, passenger door patch, 3 "firewall" patches, 6 x 3mm ali. plate reinforced floor panels, a wing mirror brace, 2 x roof patches, several side skirt patches, one side-skirt overlaid & reinforced with ali. chequer plate, and a demoted tow-bar patches (it's a step now) rebuilt in fiberglass. My grille contains more headlamp and filler than tin and steel.

    It's all covered in seam sealer and a fresh layer of black stone-chip/shutz to make it an unfathomable ambiguous lumpification.

    I've never had an issue on chassis integrity.
    The rules are they can't see rust, no sharp edges and impenetrable to a screwdriver poke.

    If it's steel it requires new metal welded, if it's a brace it needs replacing.

    The most economic fiberglass I know is as a roof cladding material. Fabric by the square meter and resin by the gallon.


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    pongo69
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    Sir Liamalot wrote: »
    Fiberglass is a very difficult material to work against gravity and as P. says it's just for cosmetics.

    I've two rear wheel arches, rear doors, passenger door patch, 3 "firewall" patches, 6 x 3mm ali. plate reinforced floor panels, a wing mirror brace, 2 x roof patches, several side skirt patches, one side-skirt overlaid & reinforced with ali. chequer plate, and a demoted tow-bar patches (it's a step now) rebuilt in fiberglass. My grille contains more headlamp and filler than tin and steel.

    It's all covered in seam sealer and a fresh layer of black stone-chip/shutz to make it an unfathomable ambiguous lumpification.

    I've never had an issue on chassis integrity.
    The rules are they can't see rust, no sharp edges and impenetrable to a screwdriver poke.

    If it's steel it requires new metal welded, if it's a brace it needs replacing.

    The most economic fiberglass I know is as a roof cladding material. Fabric by the square meter and resin by the gallon.

    can you tell what are firewall patcheswhere do you get them & how do you use them


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    [Deleted User]
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    The firewall is the metal barrier between the engine and the cabin. The patches on mine are fiberglass replacing rotten tin to divert water ingress.


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