Fibreglass products.

spud · Post by **spud** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:18 pm

Hi all,

Just out of interest, is there any specialist parts for the Corsa that could be made out of fibreglass? (I\'m talking about the real stuff here not the Isopon P40 or whatever

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The reason I am asking is that I have worked with it for making mouldings and toolings etc and even flat roofing. I get the impression that certain fibreglass products are very expensive for the cost of the products concerned!! Now I am at the stage where I have a bit of spare time and would like to know other people\'s views. To be very honest, I know virtually nothing about spoilers, side skirts etc but I could soon learn

What d\'you all think?
Spud.

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:50 pm

so you are looking at making stuff to sell on yeah?

id say theres a healthy market for fibreglass bonnets with custom bits, eg vents

gsi bumpers.... original looks are very in at the moment and its bloody hard to get a gsi kit

broster · Post by **broster** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:19 pm

standard bonnets, boot lids, doors, front wings, lots of comapnies do these for the race/track day user

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:27 pm

how did i not realise the obvious light weight thing

loads of call for that

spud · Post by **spud** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:01 pm

Thanks for the input everyone,

As I am quite new to the world of Corsa, could you tell me how much an GSi kit goes for nowadays and are there any links to pictures of one?

Cheers,

Spud.

punkheadgray · Post by **punkheadgray** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:06 pm

well you\'d find it hard to get one for under Â£200, looks like this (pauls car on the logo):

hilly34 · Post by **hilly34** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:12 pm

try ebay mate, i picked up a gsi front bumper for 50 quid delivered, am sure there would be loads of other gsi bits aswell

tom87 · Post by **tom87** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:59 pm

There was 1 on ebay today which only sold for Â£46 lol. doesn\'t exactly sound as though its in a1 condition but i dont think you could complain for Â£46.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %3AIT&rd=1

Think theres a few for sale on here aswell, check the parts offered section

hilly34 · Post by **hilly34** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:29 pm

mine was a vectra gsi style with smoothed grille. arrived in 3 days aswell. cant complain 50 nicker ready 2 paint

hilly34 · Post by **hilly34** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:34 pm

hilly34 · Post by **hilly34** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:38 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Corsa-B- ... dZViewItem[/url]

soz bout the other post. guess i cant post pics! heres the link anyway

pct corsa · Post by **pct corsa** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:43 pm

How about fibreglass replacement wheel arch trims

dont nead smoothing before spraying

some made with a slight flair but keeping the original overall shape to blend with bumpers

I for 1 would pay for something like that

spud · Post by **spud** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:57 pm

Thanks for all the info everyone -you\'ve given me plenty to think about

With regard to the GSi spoiler, even a slightly damaged one could be repaired and used as tooling - where might I get one? Few breakers around these parts have standard Corsas never mind the sportier ones

I imagine that the replacement wheel arch trims are similar to the originals but more \'flared\' would that be correct?

I\'m sorry about the delay in replying it\'s just that my PC went belly up on Friday

-anyway it is sorted now.
Spud.

pct corsa · Post by **pct corsa** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:28 pm

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I imagine that the replacement wheel arch trims are similar to the originals but more \'flared\' would that be correct?

nobody to my knowlage makes replacement arch plastics
except standard vauxhall the black plastic ones fade very badly and soon do not match the std bumpers

thats why I feel it would be good if a std shape but fibreglass replacement set was produced and a slightly flaired set even better, for use with colour coded bumper kits and painted standard ones,ie to match in with the gsi bumpers.

spud · Post by **spud** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:25 pm

I\'m sorry to sound a bit thick,

But are the wheel arch trims on the GSis the same as on the standard models.

Cheers,

Spud.