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Originally Posted by PaulB2
I wonder why people don't use steel roofing panels (maybe they do and I just haven't run into the thread yet). If you get the lightest guage they are quite light and only 2 3-foot panels would be needed to span the car width. It might also be possible to still find aluminum corrugated roofing like they used years ago to go even lighter, or maybe even polycarbonate (although I wonder about the fire resistance of that).
In the Home Depot and Lowes stores they only go to 12 foot lengths but the longer panels can be found easily too.
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Several threads discussing coroplast as the ideal material for belly pans. Very lightweight and very sturdy.
Any metal will vibrate if thin enough to work. To avoid vibration it has to be too thick and weighs too much. Also requires too many mounting points to reduce vibration. Thereby a pain in the ass to remove
Think about what manufactures use.... Formed (ridged) plastic. That is basically what coroplast is.
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