Aeromodding Building Materials?

[gtkid2002]

Just a quick thing I'd like to discuss. I was just wondering if fiberglass is a suitable material for building aeromods onto cars. It seems to me that it's light, strong, and easily doable, albeit messy as all heck. I think I recall Basjoos (I think that's his name, but the guy who build Aerocivic) used a thin sheet metal used on some aircraft. I'm not sure if that would be heavier or lighter than a good thick layer or two of fiberglass or not, but I know at least with fiberglass, it seems to me like it would hold up better than metals for a while in a wet environment. I am also not including Aluminum in that. Aluminum is rather expensive, and I don't think I could afford sheets and sheets of it.

Anyhow! Basically just asking if it's a good material to build with, and if so, why isn't it generally used more, as I seem to see a lot more done with chloroplast.

[bikin' Ed]

There is nothing wrong with fiberglass as a modding material. Done properly, I believe it is a more permanent material than coroplast. It is strong, light, infinitely malable, but it is messy, takes time to set up, usually requires sanding and painting to look good.

I think if you know it's going to be a permanent mod, fiberglass is great. If you are still in testing stages then cardboard, coroplast and duct tape are your friends.

[3-Wheeler]

Originally Posted by gtkid2002

.....Anyhow! Basically just asking if it's a good material to build with, and if so, why isn't it generally used more, as I seem to see a lot more done with chloroplast.

Or you could do it like this....

Honda Insight Tail Extension Project

Jim.

[Frank Lee]

Kids, remember: coroplast is a contraction of CORrugated and PLASTic; cor-o-plast... you know, because it's just like corrugated cardboard, only made of plastic. There is no chlorine, chlorophyll, chloroform, or any such stuff in it (that I'm aware of).

[BamZipPow]

Another inexpensive sheet that you can use is Luan sheets...about $10 per 4'x8' sheet. Just make sure you coat/paint it with something or it will delaminate...