Goin to send our gq xtracab to the painters soon and noticed some rust in both of the front guards, so to save money on paiting new guards lata thought i might replce them now. So was wondering the pros and cons of fiberglass and kevlar guards and bonnets, pricing may be helpful too.
thanx in advance.
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fiberglass or kevlar?
fiberglass or kevlar?
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Price of both are actually pretty similar. I'm going the Kevlar guards because the fibre is a bit more resistant to tearing and cracking. Not by heaps though. It's a stronger fibre so you can have a thinner guard and that also means lighter. 
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/viewtopic ... 6&t=231346j-top paj wrote:gayer than jizz on a beard
Having used both carbon fibre / kevlar composite front guards and fibreglass front guards on a comp GQ, we now stick with fibreglass.
Carbon fibre / kevlar does tear through the body of the shell and tends to delaminate when you have a front on impact with trees / rocks etc. It happily flexes if you lean the truck against a tree etc without any damage. It can be expensive and time-consuming to repair.
On the other hand, fibreglass doesn't flex quite as well even when using very thin shells so will crack, and rips the mounting tabs off. But its easy and cheap to repair yourself.
Cheers
Mitch
Carbon fibre / kevlar does tear through the body of the shell and tends to delaminate when you have a front on impact with trees / rocks etc. It happily flexes if you lean the truck against a tree etc without any damage. It can be expensive and time-consuming to repair.
On the other hand, fibreglass doesn't flex quite as well even when using very thin shells so will crack, and rips the mounting tabs off. But its easy and cheap to repair yourself.
Cheers
Mitch
The fibre glass ones off Cheesy Racing are $220 each. I ordered a pair last week. The carbon fibre ones where about $400 each from memory.gut42 wrote:does anybody know what this stuff is worth???
I went for the fibre glass over carbon fibre for similar reasons to what Mitch said. I used to repair & paint race boats which where made out of fibre glass, carbon fibre & kevlar.
Fibre glass is my far the easiest to repair in the backyard and there really isn't that much difference in strength just weight but in something as small a guards I don't think it would make that much difference.
Carbon fibre can be a real pain in the ass to fix if it starts delaminating too.
Cheers Mick.
Fibreglass guards don't hold up as well as the Kevlar one's, as the Kevlar guards can withstand a lot more flex before it breaks. You can smash a Kevlar product with a hammer and you will only break the gelcoat and the resin but the fibres will not tear. You do the same to a fibreglass product with a lot less effort and you will go straight through it damaging a big area around it as fibreglass does not like shock.
Regards Jason.
Regards Jason.
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