GT flares Fiberglass vs. steel, advantage / disadvantage |
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GT flares Fiberglass vs. steel, advantage / disadvantage |
Dirty Evo |
Mar 30 2010, 06:54 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 79 Joined: 2-January 10 From: NorCal Member No.: 11,198 Region Association: Northern California |
ok... so what are the DISADVANTAGES of fiberglass GT flares as opposed to steel fender flares? this would be for primarily a fun track car (non-competative, just HPDE) maybe occasional street use very seldom.
Should I avoid something with fiberglass? or is it not really a big deal ? |
Porcharu |
Mar 30 2010, 07:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,314 Joined: 27-January 05 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 3,518 Region Association: Northern California |
For a track car I would use fiberglass - you can get bigger flares and if you rivet them on they are a whole lot easier to replace if you break one. If I do a track car it will have FG flares - the street car is going to be steel.
Steve |
Root_Werks |
Mar 31 2010, 09:09 AM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,338 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
For a track car I would use fiberglass - you can get bigger flares and if you rivet them on they are a whole lot easier to replace if you break one. If I do a track car it will have FG flares - the street car is going to be steel. Steve (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) I've put on a number of FG flares and they all seemed to have lasted years, one set over a decade now. If you do FG right, they are fine for street use. But if I had a choice, it'd be steel for street and probably removable FG for track use. It's mostly about cost I wager. It was for me when I did FG flares. Just didn't have the funds at the time for steel flares. |
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