fiberglass

pongo69

dose any no it fiberglass under some parts of the underneath not sills will pass the DOE

thanks for your help

crabbypaddy

pongo69 wrote: »

dose any no it fiberglass under some parts of the underneath not sills will pass the DOE

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.

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.

pongo69

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

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.