front ends ,,, carbon vs steel vs fibreglass
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have cut the front off of my car and was originally planning on cnverting it to bolt of front wings and front panel , however i began to price this up and realised there isnt much difference in price to a curley carbon one , do the carbon fronts fit well or not ? ive seen some fibreglass fronted cars where the fit itsnt all that nice , hence i didnt look at that option , but while trying to find pics of carbon fronted cars ive seen a few fibreglass ones that look ok , what do you guys think , carbon vs steel vs fibreglass ? and who do you reccomend to purchase from ?

p.s i like shiney straight paint :)

thanks

Carbon	4 Votes - 0%
steel bolt on	4 Votes - 0%
fibreglass	6 Votes - 0%

The more effort you put in to the fitment the better it will look.

Its up to you

put the time in and you can get the f/g or carbon front to like a steel one.


where are you from ant? im half way through fitting a new one to mine if you want to have a look, get some tips etc.

Edited by MarkGTT on 10th Apr, 2010.

i had fg, for the rebuild its going back steel and bolt on

Edited by Brett on 10th Apr, 2010.

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i'd say if you prefer straight paint, a metal panel is going to be best, albeit at the sacrifice of extra weight

a few things has changed my opinion on the fronts.
*imo its weight over the right wheels, *my mini definitely under steered more with the the fg one( although a geo setup could solve this imo)
*it was a bitch on - off - on - off as mine is a one peice
*the wiring isnt a problem but you need to run earths and the such
*the fit was never quite right but with time and patients (ie not me lol)
*vibrate on motorway the centre off the bonnet lifted aswell
*the fit
* the car was very very unstable at speed, and over a bit of a bump on the motorway i thought i was gonna sky the fucker
i was in a 30mph front ender (non mini), and the devastation caused well, i want as much steel as i can get between me and anything in front

all i did was changer the front nothing else at that time
but then on the other end of the scale,
the weight, no rust 2 really really big bonuses

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Hi,

i run a steel one.
But i am thinking of a carbon one. It's just seems sexy to have it on a mini. But i would clearcoat it to show the weav.

Steel has the plus that you can get a good fit more easaly. But with time and effort everything is possible.

Good luck

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