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[quote][i]Originally posted by RichR[/i] [quote][i]Originally posted by john-d[/i] its for a road car, bonnet and boot need repairing/painting whatever happens, figured changing/upgrading is a good move [/quote] for this purpose Fibreglass will be fine. However, I'm yet to see a GRP or FRP pattern part that is perfectly accurate though but that said many steel pattern parts aren't accurate either so you'll have to roll with panel gaps potentially. The other issue with carbon is where the part has intricate bends/compund curvature/return lips/swage lines. You're stressing the material and can end up with distortion of the weave very easily. This leads to inherent weak/strong points. I would guess that most pattern parts are spray laminated using a chopper gun to fire Chopped strands and resin at the mould surface, its cheap and effective but certainly not accurate as far as weight and thickness control go. I doubt they'll be made up of anything more than chop strand matt if they're hand laminated as the cost would be prohibitive to look at high end wovens [Edited on 10-08-2011 by LiVe LeE] [/quote]
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