Thread: Strengthening LRA fibreglass flares

just get em made out of carbon fiber
fiber glass is for boats and ricers

cheers phil

One day i may take a mould of mine and do some kevlar ones, but thats a oneday

Id imagine bog will crack out when you hit something solid.
Im assuming the itwm you want to strenghten in already polyester fibreglass?
If so, you could sand it back and lay up a base layer of woven roving to give a good surface, then make a up a good brew of bog with some CSM added and finish off with a few layers of woven roving... submarine decks are fibreglass and they are pretty strong It is always easier to glass when an item is not attached upside in a wheel well?

S

Mmmmmm Carbon fibre as whitey said I know a rice car modifier at Moorebank who made a complete CRX in carbon fibre might visit him when mine arrive and ask to duplicate

make a mould and make em out of something flexible I say... or buy some from innovation4x4.co.uk

Originally Posted by trobbo

Like many other people on here I have the LRA fibreglass flares on my LR and am sick to death of smashing them.
Having a look at Stuart's rangie at Rovercraft on the w/e his appeared to be solid whereas mine form a simple arc to add width to the body panel and cover the tyre. Stu told me he also doesn't have any trouble with breaking his and flares and has rubbed them up against trees without problem.

So is it possible to add copious amounts of fibreglass filler to the underside of these flares to make them stronger or does anyone have any suggestions on how to make these things stronger?

Use Gorilla Hair, poly resin with fibre glass mixed in, if you put it on thick enough it would be very hard to break, Regards Frank.

from what LRA advised that on the 5 door Disco flexi dont finish of the job as well

Hi,

Have 30 yrs experience in the top end of all things fibreglass (surfboards).

1. Yep you can fill the insides but you will need to rough up the inside of the flares to get the mix to 'key'.

2. Best bog mix would be some micro-fibre with a lot of micro-balloons bonded with epoxy resin. West System and Fibreglass International are the class products for this.

3. Polyester resin doesn't flex much......... carbon fibre and kevlar become irrelevant here........ it's the resin that cracks. Epoxy is the most flexible.

4. I think the filled-in flares originally seen may have been from Innovation in the UK and are plastic and look filled in. Will try to find link.

cheers, DL