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Old 10-31-2011, 06:30 PM   #21 (permalink)
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I just got done putting fiberglass over the front. I only used 1-1.5 layers. I'm not sure thats enough, but this thing really doesn't need to be stiff either, it just needs to have that front surface hardened up so I can put some body filler over the top. However, this is only the 2nd time I've ever used fiberglass, so I really don't know what I'm doing!
I see you are in a snowy climate like I am. I made a v1.0 lower grill block out of painted coroplast. It looked great till I drove in the winter. By spring it had holes punched right through and showing white coroplast. I ended up gluing some thin black foam rubber over it to protect from impacts. Ya might consider putting another layer of glass on while it is still easy to do...

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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.
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