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AK
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13th Mar 08 at 10:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

yes / no ???

I bought some last night to fill the skyline sills with on friday when i get a day free.

Do you think it would stiffen the chassis much? I was also considering taking it further and filling accesable chassis rails....

Would you do it?
jr
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13th Mar 08 at 11:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Ive heard it used alot on driftowrks etc to stiffen up the sills and rails ?

not that many people can be wrong can they
VegasPhil
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13th Mar 08 at 11:58   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Give it a go - It's hardly going to weigh much is it


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myke
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13th Mar 08 at 12:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

That stuff is flexible.
How on earth is it going to stiffen anything up?

Also, it may trap water and promote rust.
Also it's a bitch to apply properly, and even worse to remove from the bits that you didn't want it to get on.
corsaandy
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sounds like a stupid idea to me aswell
AK
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13th Mar 08 at 15:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

expanding foam isnt flexable!!!

It will expand in a confined space, making it very 'hard'. That will be more ridgid than 'air'

Only concern is the water / rust aspect
jr
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like i said ive read about it on driftowkrs, and seems to be very popular, that r32 shell that i linked you too also has had it done
AK
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13th Mar 08 at 16:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I've tried to buy it.... but the bawsack wont get back to me!!
WATSON
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13th Mar 08 at 20:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by AK
I've tried to buy it.... but the bawsack wont get back to me!!


Mittos r32gtr shell by any chance
myke
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quote:
Originally posted by AK
expanding foam isnt flexable!!!

It will expand in a confined space, making it very 'hard'. That will be more ridgid than 'air'

Only concern is the water / rust aspect


Maybe you can get different grades, but the building stuff that i'm thinking of is flexible. You can compress it between your fingers.
Could be used to strengthen side skirts, but would do sweet FA for you if you wanted it to add rigidity to sills/chassis rails.
SVM 286
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14th Mar 08 at 00:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

This was standard factory fayre on all Sapphire Cosworths so i'd say do it Adam.
RCS
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14th Mar 08 at 19:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Pointless.
Fee
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quote:
Originally posted by WATSON
quote:
Originally posted by AK
I've tried to buy it.... but the bawsack wont get back to me!!


Mittos r32gtr shell by any chance

yes.... do you know if its sold or not?
notts.pirate
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16th Mar 08 at 20:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

surely its no where near as good as stitch welding ? weld a scaffold tube to the sill instead
WATSON
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quote:
Originally posted by Fee
quote:
Originally posted by WATSON
quote:
Originally posted by AK
I've tried to buy it.... but the bawsack wont get back to me!!


Mittos r32gtr shell by any chance

yes.... do you know if its sold or not?


95% sure its still there but he seams to have gone from the planet of earth
Fee
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17th Mar 08 at 15:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

do you have anysort of contact no for him?

Left him multiple PM's and replies... not a word

 
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