Mark1Ant Posted October 26, 2006 Report Posted October 26, 2006 guys wats the reckoning on glass fibre doors, bonnets n arches??? tempted to go for it all on my escort wen i have the car resprayed next year in aid of saving weight!!!
jay Posted October 26, 2006 Report Posted October 26, 2006 some people dont rate them....... but i think there the way to go, its what i'm gona do..... so cheap too
Mark1Ant Posted October 26, 2006 Author Report Posted October 26, 2006 yer defo... i think the ones im looking at are £175 for doors, £90 for bubble arch wings and cant remember how much for the bonnet. it is quite reasonable considering mex wings ae like 200 a piece now if not more.
RChambers Posted October 26, 2006 Report Posted October 26, 2006 Unless you have a rollcage with very good door bars don't even think about fibreglass doors!!!
Mark1Ant Posted October 26, 2006 Author Report Posted October 26, 2006 mmm i was concerned bout that but im bit concerned to bout doors going rusty again?
X-pack-Glyn Posted October 26, 2006 Report Posted October 26, 2006 fibreglass doors are illegal on the road anyway. allthough i often wonder how ribin reliands and scimatars get away with it?!?!?
Mark1Ant Posted October 26, 2006 Author Report Posted October 26, 2006 did not know that!! cheers just saved mw alot of money on doors i wouldnt be able to use!! wouldnt have been an issue if it was guna be just a hillclimb car or something but i want it on the road.
john_3.0s Posted October 27, 2006 Report Posted October 27, 2006 fibreglass doors are illegal on the road anyway. allthough i often wonder how ribin reliands and scimatars get away with it?!?!? r u sure bud? how do kit cars get away with it then? defo on door bars if your gonna use them though. do the sums and its going to be cheaper to stick with steel doors by the time u have bought a roll cage with bars etc, but the thought of rust free doors forever has got to be tempting!!
Retromotorsport Posted October 27, 2006 Report Posted October 27, 2006 GRP doors are light ..... All though i can get the weight of a steel door down to a GRP door... Also the grp ones crack around the window frame and you never want anyone leaning on them, Jon Cross of X-Sport probably has the moulds for them so he could make them in Carbon/Kevlar mix... much stronger and will last longer. Also definaltly get a proper cage with X door bars .......................... http://www.turbosport.co.uk/showthread. ... +dangerous That is Jons car after a crash where the front suspension went through the missing Kevlar door and the tyre bounced of his head.
Kissmyrs Posted October 27, 2006 Report Posted October 27, 2006 Fibreglass door are NOT illegal on the road as they are not structual, you could drive on the road with no doors if you really wanted to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think you should go for it with the fibreglass idea.
Rick Posted October 27, 2006 Report Posted October 27, 2006 175 quid each... save your money and get retro to chop up your steel ones... fibreglass items are turd neway the moulds warp and you get a warped panel. iv had a right game with the wings
60ftman Posted October 27, 2006 Report Posted October 27, 2006 fibreglass doors are illegal on the road anyway. allthough i often wonder how ribin reliands and scimatars get away with it?!?!? Fibreglass doors ARE illegal on the road - it's called fly-tipping. If you bolt them to a car however, they are not illegal! If the moulds are good they are superb. The doors on my MK2 are 'glass (as is the bonnet, wings, nosecone, boot). The car is black and reasonably straight, (those who saw it at Shakespeare will testify to that) . You'd never know the panels were 'glass. Buy good quality panels and spend lots of time prepping them. But DON'T put them on a road!
Fiesta Steve Posted October 27, 2006 Report Posted October 27, 2006 Fibreglass doors ARE illegal on the road - it's called fly-tipping.
Wessie Posted October 27, 2006 Report Posted October 27, 2006 Fibreglass doors ARE illegal on the road - it's called fly-tipping. fibregalss doors ARE NOT illegal for road use
Doc Posted October 27, 2006 Report Posted October 27, 2006 175 quid each... save your money and get retro to chop up your steel ones... fibreglass items are turd neway the moulds warp and you get a warped panel. iv had a right game with the wings Sod the doors ....WHOS arse is that ?
Guest M.Bird DOHC Posted October 27, 2006 Report Posted October 27, 2006 ignor all that mate, ive got fibe-glass doors, there ok till you hit 80mph! then they tend to flex a bit, do fit door bars though! No metal to protect you!!! just composite resin and fibre's!
Mark1Ant Posted October 29, 2006 Author Report Posted October 29, 2006 mmm im confused now!!! duno what ones to go with just yet. i guess it will come down to money issues. which will work out cheapest for the best result etc... defo goin with a gfibre bonnet though. just dropped the car to my guy who does the yearly mot on it. miss it already!!!
Rick Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 i reckon youl have serious issues when it comes to getting a fibreglass door to line up corretly. youl need to do a lot of glass fibrework round the edges if its not a good mould just my opinion based on experience with my own project, but its up to you
Gibson Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 cant be arsed with doors.... im definitly doing arches, bonnet, and bootlid tho on the capper when i can afford them. its a heavy beast and needs too shed some weight
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