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Topic #64480 7 posts Started by Terzin1
is there a way to make body panels out of, say, PVC or some other plastic material. Kind of like saturns or something? My panels are rusting a bit and I want to fix them but It would be a nice way to eliminate rust and lower weight if I could make the door panels and the hood out of a different material. Would that be possible? Would you want to?

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you could always buy fiberglass fenders from andyautosports but i dont think you want you doors made of anything beside of what they are do to saftey issues unless you are turning it into a track only car
fiberglass would be your best bet...its the lightest and the best stuff you can buy plus you wont have to worry about bonding in other crap lile pvc?..just buy some fiberglass fenders, CF hood and call it a day

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Fiberglass fenders are pure junk.
My .02c.

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oem is pretty light

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Its just curiosity getting the best of me i suppose. I feel like the celi weighs more than it has to though. Does anyone know what kind of material the Saturns use though?

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abs plastic and aluminiminiminin