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They make bodykits out of mesh?

Fibreglass is cheap and light, but in most cases very brittle, after a while you'll get cracks and it will look like shit.

The OEM front bars are the strongest, because they bend, instead of cracking

FRP (fibreglass reinforced plastic) is what you should look for, but it's a lot more expensive than fibreglass, and usually only is available if you buy the original kit from japan

stock bumpers = polyurethane

of course fibreglass doesn't crack unless its been stressed...

but there's no doubt that its brittle.. even the stress of the chassis flexing when cornering over a long period of time can show on thin bumpers...

FRP sounds great.. anyone in oz make kits out of this??

you could probably get a kit made out of carbon fibre, but they would be weaker than glass.

a lot of mass produced glass kits are made really thin to save money, so they break easier.

the advantage of glass is that it can be repaired easy. i bought a front bar from a wreckers for $100 that was cracked down 1 side and it cost me $50 to fix it and repaint it (did it myself). the plastic kits cost a bit to get plastic welded, but they don't brake as easy to start with.

Personaly I love fiberglass kits as most aftermarket kits are fiberglass. I ve just finshed making a veilside kit fit a carmy 91 model (carby fed ) . It took 8 kilos of fiberglass but it looks very different .

Is anyone interented in seeing pictures?

why?

Well its not my job to ask why, it was brought to me and he asked me to make the modifications to make it fit to his car. I dont get to pick the cars i work on, its my job to fit the bodykit to it .

And also why not?

Im in the same boat and searching for a S15 kit perhaps the only way to get quality is to buy an origianal japanese kit ? im thinking about getting a kit from jetspeed or mxfly if all there kits are made of frp.

If this isnt a good idea feel free to pm a reason

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