my friend and i were swapping rims on my accord when i specifically told him to watch that the jack does not bend, when all of a sudden the car falls on my side( thank god the wheel was still on his side)anyways, the damage wasn't horrible, the part of the bumper cracked and peeled and so did the side skirt. my question is since the damage is minimal, is it repairable? this is the first time i've dealt w/ fiberglass, well, bodykits in general. i've always had abs lips and they are definitely more durable

 

That's one of the things good about fiberglass (if it's quality fiberglass). You can repair it. Fiberglass mat, and resin is available at your local hardware store. You will need some bondo, sandpaper, and primer as well.

If you haven't worked with it before, I would suggest you find a tutorial online somewhere, or have someone that knows what they are doing help you.

The other choice is to have a bodyshop do the repair.

 

thanks

 

you can buy a fiberglass repare kit which will come with everything except paint...thats your best and cheapest way to go if your not doing any more fiberglassing

 

i know at autozone they have a repair kit for fiberglass. my dad and i used it on my talon when i cracked the body kit on it and it works great. i would suggest getting a urethane body kit for you next kit if you get one again. good luck with the repairs

 

urethane vs. fiberglass is not so cut and dry.

there are many different levels of quality for both.

there are many different ways to manufacture with these materials.

if urethane was the answer for everything, why don't the race cars use it?

retail customers have been WAY too brainwashed with marketing gibberish.

 

no, urethane is a lot more durable for a street car for a lip or something. most bodykits are crappy chop gun fiberglass, heavy and weak. now handlaid fiberglass (a woven mat like carbon fiber) is a lot lighter and stronger, but still not as good as urethane for a bodykit, because people hit things and fiberglass will always crack.

 

the only people still using chopper gun is probably kits from China.

Like i said, there are many different ways to use FRP, PU, and CF. Hand laid, autoclave, vaccum bagging, etc etc etc....

I do this for a living, and have been in the manufacturing business for over 10 years. I know what I am talking about.

In fact, urethane is OLD technology. We are already working on something that most people don't even know about.

The ONLY thing urethane has on fiberglass is durability. For MY personal preference, I don't want my body parts flexing.

I have NEVER cracked a fiberglass part unless I was in an accident. Then again, I am not buying $200 POS body kits either.

People who don't know how to drive, or have to deal with snow, etc... sure get urethane. But no matter what you say, the answer is not so cut and dry. 4-5 years ago, most people didn't even know what the hell urethane was, because bodykit companies didn't know how to do it just yet.

There is also high pressure urethane (RIM molds), and low pressure urethane (what most people in the aftermarket use).

IT IS NOT BLACK AND WHITE, get it??? There are just WAY too many variations to make such a generalization. Period.

 

We sure as hell aren't going to make this diffuser in urethane, and not ONE NSX owner has asked us to make any of our FRP/Carbon parts in urethane either.

 

Calm down.