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I'm certain no company has made them (I think John made his own). But thought I'd check first. So, anyone know of a source? I'm just curious at this stage as mine are good (enough) except for a crease some delightful person put in one.

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Fibreglass might not rust, but it does craze and sink. You get rid of rust, but potentially introduce other equally awkward problems.

Adding lightness is a good argument in favour of fibreglass, but it's not the easy route to eliminating future maintenance/repairs that it might appear to be,

Cheers,
Bill.

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Hello Bill,

as an owner of a Scimitar, tell me about it! I also don't believe that there is any significant weight saving, the basic door shell is not heavy, its the glass, regulator etc that adds the weight.

Alec

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heraldcoupe wrote:
Fibreglass might not rust, but it does craze and sink. You get rid of rust, but potentially introduce other equally awkward problems.

Adding lightness is a good argument in favour of fibreglass, but it's not the easy route to eliminating future maintenance/repairs that it might appear to be,

Cheers,
Bill.


You have seen my car, right?

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G.in_Belgium wrote:
Isn't the glazing due to the resin being cheapo polyester rather than epoxy stuff?


Possibly, I really don't know enough about it. But can you think of any old fibreglass cars which haven't suffered from sinking and/or crazing? Suggests that whatever materials might cause the problem, they are very widely used.

Cheers,
Bill.

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