lots of questions tonight what do you guys think about an under-body pan made out of FRP?... home depot sells 0.090 inch panels for $30 or so... 20 pounds for
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09-06-2011, 07:54 PM | #1411 (permalink) |
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lots of questions tonight
what do you guys think about an under-body pan made out of FRP?... home depot sells 0.090 inch panels for $30 or so... 20 pounds for 32 square feet .090 FRP Wall Board 4FTx8FT White-MFTF12IXA480009600 at The Home Depot http://www.homedepot.com/Lumber-Comp...atalogId=10053 Last edited by travisjb; 09-06-2011 at 08:03 PM. |
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I'm not sure that it would be ridged enough to do any good, it is normally intended to be bonded to a backing panel. I would think that aluminum would have a better flex characteristic and not be much heavier.
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Okay that's more like it, seems like it would be pretty rigid.
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Just found out that we can get the same stuff but with alum skin instead of frp... same weight but even stiffer and will have better heat / flame properties... you never know!... ordered three sheets from R&J sign supplies... we'll see what I can do with it
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Cool!
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Yet another question then done for tonight haha
What fasteners do you guys recommend for the bottom of the car? I'm tearing through bolt heads on my splitter, as they contact the tarmac at 100mph, and imagine same will happen on undertray depending upon how aggressive I get with it |
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Travis, how are you liking the Stillen front end? The more of it I see, (especially on Mike the Powdercoaters black Z) the more I like it... Just kinda unsure about the fitment issues and the 3 pieces...
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For a street car, I would hesitate to use it because of the three piece design... and I'm not very picky... having the extra seam was a mistake on Stillen's part, I'm afraid to say... I think they did it for shipping purposes, but would have been better to leave it as one piece Even if blended, likely to show cracks there eventually |
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Even the aluminum stuff looks like it has a relatively low ignition temp. It would make me kinda nervous. |
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And yeah I think it was for shipping? But if a good body shop does it, you think it's worth it?
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I would think about adding a thin sacrificial plastic/nylon strip, not as perfect aero wise but good at absorbing scrapes.
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My body guy told me that he could try to hide / blend but it would eventually start to crack and that I ought to just go with it... that's what I did... for a track car, looks fine... overall, I think it looks better than stock
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was thinking maybe dzus fasteners but they're potentially not long enough |
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Maybe if Mike ever sells his, I can just pick it up cheap...
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