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 Post subject: fibreglass bumpers
PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 9:24 pm 
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Hey All

Does anyone have or know of anyone who has/makes fibreglass bumpers (morris) ? If so contact details would be super!

I found the below UK company, they have them for 49 quid a pair, seems hard to beat, not sure of postage, have emailed to find out!

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Over here contact is through the local racing guys, although I notice their site has been revamped and the forum is gone which is weird/unfortunate. But anyway, your local racers will have details.


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 Post subject: Re FG panels for Mini
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Can you chrome fiberglass?

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Kennomini wrote:
Can you chrome fiberglass?


You can spray it with a chromatic paint, but not chrome it in the traditional sense i.e. dipping it in a solution and running truck loads of electricity throught it!


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a f/glass bar would be 3mm thick and would weight more as any 1mm stainless bar

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thats why you get a carbon fibre one instead.
And there is a company that makes crome paint. Like almost real crome looking .
I've seen pictures of whole cars painted with it, so that'd be the go.

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Fibre glass is chromed like any plastic - it is coated with a conductive paint then electro plated like any other chromed article

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