Fitting Fiberglass panels to steel inners... MK3 Spit?
Posted By : Andy Vowell, 29-May-2007, 12:17pm
I guess you are thinking rear wings as most other panels avaliable in GRP (doors, bonnet, boot) are just bolt on.
I use self tapping screws to hold my GRP rear wings on though mine is a race car and swift panel replacement is a bonus, I've used pop rivet too. For a more pernament fit I would fibreglass them on with a 1" strip round all the inside seams.
Edit, after further thought this would be difficult if you still have the inner wheel arches in place, so screws, rivets or glue are your options.
Getting your trim strips to fit will be a problem as the GRP is thicker than steel so you'd need to sand the thickness down a fair bit, though for the bonnet you can get a GRP version made without the upstands for the smooth look.
Andy
I use self tapping screws to hold my GRP rear wings on though mine is a race car and swift panel replacement is a bonus, I've used pop rivet too. For a more pernament fit I would fibreglass them on with a 1" strip round all the inside seams.
Edit, after further thought this would be difficult if you still have the inner wheel arches in place, so screws, rivets or glue are your options.
Getting your trim strips to fit will be a problem as the GRP is thicker than steel so you'd need to sand the thickness down a fair bit, though for the bonnet you can get a GRP version made without the upstands for the smooth look.
Andy
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Fitting Fiberglass panels to steel inners... MK3 Spit?
Posted By : Nigel Gibbins, 29-May-2007, 12:29pm
Poprivets and glue for me...
...we'll chemical bond if we must get technical...
BTW - it only stops rot on the GRP bits... the rest will rot just like it normally does.