fibreglass sheet for chassis's

[CATS]

Hi all

Does anyone know where I could get any fibreglass sheet? the stuff used for RC10 shock mounts, schumacher chassis's (back in the 80's)

any advice would be appreciated

Thanks
Scott

[mrlexan]

Do a search for Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic FRP, Grade G-10.

[CATS]

Is this something you've used before? does it have the same look as the chassis's shock mounts I mentioned?

[highwayracer]

Are you looking for the white fiberglass? If so, what thickness? I'm also looking for these.

[mrlexan]

Is this something you've used before? does it have the same look as the chassis's shock mounts I mentioned?

Yep and Yep...... color can vary dependent on the specific manufactuer, but they are all close.

[racer484]

Try McMaster Carr, search their website. They have all kinds of FRP and phenolic sheets. http://www.mcmaster.com/

C+M Team Cobra also sells Black fiberglass and graphite sheets all available at Tower.

[mrlexan]

Be careful with how some dealers use the term Phenolic. You might just end up with certain type of computer/PC board that you will find will be totally useless. Been there done that.

[PBR Allstar]

McMaster Carr, search "Garolite" and look at "G-10" I just bought a few sheets of it, and it's the stuff you want! It's the same stuff m_vice used on a lot of his outstanding parts.

[CATS]

Just been on mcmaster and typed in garolite, 2 questions. 1) do I need to get opaque 2) what colour is the best match ( there are loads, yellow brown, yellow green?)

let me know, THANKS

[PBR Allstar]

opaque means it's a solid color, and wont let any light shine though, I bought black and off white. the black is very black and the off white is a little greenish. I don't think they have any translucent colors. The stock RC10 shock towers and stuff I believe are a natural finish (no added pigments) and come out a bit on the translucent side. check out this thread that m_vice posted, I'm not sure what color that is on the chassis, but it's G-10 from mcmaster carr.

http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5690

hope that helps some more.

[CATS]

Thanks for the info

[MOmo]

Buddy of mine works for TAP PLASTICS. Im sure they can find alot of different materials. I know that he can get CF sheets. (thinking about trying to repr some shock towers etc in CF. Not sure I can get the thickness w/o paying an arm and a leg though.

http://www.tapplastics.com/stores/index.html?


MOmo

[Bender]

Just an FYI guys, you can actually dye the green-tinted G10 type fibreglass sheets using clothing dye (such as Rit brand).

For example items like original RC10 shock towers can be dyed black quite easily

[Brat]

Guys, if you are ordering, can I just hitch hike a piece or two with your order? I've contacted several suppliers and they are not willing to send to Singapore... So, I hope you can help me on this! Thanks!