Photo by HanH

Photo by HanH

Fletch

My front bumper is from the Diablo Roadster style and my body is a VT Jota.

My front bumper from CRP has a problem of being very thin (not enough layers of fiber glass). It scares me to have this bumper in such a fragile condition, being placed where it will encounter many potential problems. I plan on adding a few layers of fiber glass in lay in some steel.

Another problem I am having is the length of the bumper is too wide for the body. I have centered the bumper and taken these photos of the bumper hang over.

7/12/02 - I talked to Will at CRP he tells me that my front bumper is correct... th

is is what he wrote me:

With most fiberglass parts, when you buy the product it's always a little flimsy, to get the stiffness you need to install the product under tension that way it won't flop on your car, and it will have is stiffness. I can make you a fender for example so sturdy that it will not move even if it's not on your car, but the problem is, it will be 5 times heavier then a original fender, you see what I try to say, fiberglass is what it is, light and strong, but if you smash it, it brakes, if you smash a regular car, it dents, either way you will have damage, the advantage of fiberglass is that you can 8 out of 10 times fix the part, while in most cases you have to replace the part on a regular car.