Directly laying up on stuff is good for wear resistance.

The reason a skidplate is a bit different is becuase its not directly attached to something, it needs strength. When I was talking with the People down at Danner about the skidplate I wanted to build, they were saying that about 10 plys of the prepreg (which at the time, I had an expired roll of. It's got a service life for aerospace applications, then they just fire it and toss it. [the epoxy is considered hazardous waste until cured] So I scavenged the pallet and came out with at least (if it had been in service life) 5k+ worth of prepreg. Oh well.) would be as strong, if not stronger, then 1/4 aluminum. And that's just a flat sheet, with 0-90, 45 lay up. It would be around 3/16-5/16s thick, too. Maybe 3/8. But a also lighter.

But then that idea quickly died when it started to become spring, and the shed was no longer cutting it for keeping the stuff cool. It's kept in freezers to keep the epoxy from curing. It takes heat to cure properly, but like any epoxy, it will eventually cure at normal temps.

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Aussie guy who laid up with Kevlar right on it

Some other similar examples, but some of these may have been molded and bolted on, I think I saw that kind of a setup for an evo somewhere.





This is a Peugeot WRC car

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the fraying on the edges is from me trimming it with a circular saw. I think I am going to put some poly rub strips on the bottom, or lay on some extra wet cloth.

Gotta go to be now so I can get up at 5 and go spectate at a desert race in Jene Nevada.

From my experience the kevlar crap isnt worth it unless you just want to look cool (or get it for free.) I dont know where vsc got it or what type it was, but it started fraying within the first 5 miles of testing, and got worse from there.

HPDE is much better from a price, performance, maintainace, and reliability standpoint. At least from my experience with the two materials.

Carl S Wrote:
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> From my experience the kevlar crap isnt worth it
> unless you just want to look cool (or get it for
> free.) I dont know where vsc got it or what type
> it was, but it started fraying within the first 5
> miles of testing, and got worse from there.
>
> HPDE is much better from a price, performance,
> maintainace, and reliability standpoint. At least
> from my experience with the two materials.

Will Carbon fiber look contact paper stick to the HPDE?
Best of both worlds.
All the kids will be impressed and wanna put a lip lock on your love muscle,

And you only have to fight with the cost of the HPDE.

Perception is reality iddnit?

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Carl S Wrote:
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> From my experience the kevlar crap isnt worth it
> unless you just want to look cool (or get it for
> free.) I dont know where vsc got it or what type
> it was, but it started fraying within the first 5
> miles of testing, and got worse from there.
>
> HPDE is much better from a price, performance,
> maintainace, and reliability standpoint. At least
> from my experience with the two materials.


I agree!

The only reason I was considering it was I had a roll for free. Now that I have no roll, its back to aluminum for the sump guard, and hpde for everything else. I even got some hdpe for free from Danner (thank god for aerospace garbage materials piles, hahaha) that I can use for underbody

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Just crazy what 'we' will do and the money 'we' spind on a 'car' ..Then pack it into a tree at 60 mph..

Sick ...Sick ...Sick ...

If it were not from by freinds ..Theres no way I would ever have as nice Toys as I do ... The HPDE would be fun to work with ...

David

Hazardous Toys inc

That was seriously amusing !!