hey, just wondering, i think they are but are fibreglass front ends illegal? i was at work today and a guy came up and said he used to own a dat ute and said hes got a mold and can knock up a full front end with bumpers and everything for 5-600 bucks sounds pretty good , what u's reckon?????

It's not a bad idea for a race car..

I wouldn't do it on a street car..Definitely would do it on a "daily driver".

You can get all of the same bits in reproduction steel for the same price.

Chris

I'd be interested in a bonnet, but as Chris said, you wouldn't really want a full fibreglass front end on a street car. The old datto's a fragile enough!

For the same price, the steel ones are the goods, especially considering it's hard to get a good paint finish on fibreglass unless you put a lot of work into it.

i looked into it down here (victoria) and i rang up vicroads and everything to check, in victoria at least you can have fibreglass guards on cars built before 1973, so most of us coupes and sedans just squeeze in

im interested and would love to see photos, is he talking all seperate panels, and are the guards flared?

mate i dunno the guy came up to my window as i was driving out and said he has a mold to make full fronts for 1200 utes i spose itd go on a coupe but i dunno, he was a derro looking bloke that works in a roof truss place i dont know much more than ive said.

Thats interesting that VicRoads will not allow Fiberglass guards after '72, but will happily register post '73 Corvette's, where the WHOLE BODY is fiberglass.

Why on earth would you want to run 'glass when steel is readily available. Street weight 'glass components are usually heavier than steel.

Always remember, Steel is real & they can shove 'glass up their .........
If it cant rust, it aint real.

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And all the way up to now lotus have been all f'glass bodies & the little Elise only have bolt on f'glass outer shell components