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Steel can be pounded and or pulled out.


and will CREASE .. crack paint and rust .

fiberglass is super easy to repair , and will NEVER rust .



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Note that the body panel was not mounted to a vehicle so it could move with the blow.


actually lessening the damage ! both the steel and the glass panels !
.. BOTH had the same support , and hammer swing . There is NO "wool over the eyes" the fiberglass took the hit waayyy better then the steel .

did ya notice the differance in the HAMMERS ????? one was a 10lb sledge the other was a 2LB <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/nana.gif" alt="" />


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Also the first blow, not shown in the video, did do some damage <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" /> and they atleast point that out. I wonder if they had the panel laying flat on the ground for that blow?
-- Bryan


ALL hits were on the saw horses .. same for the steel AND the fiberglass panels .




are you kidding ???? fiberglass has come a long way since the 60's , well known fact that glass these days can be made WAYYYY stronger then steel .. + with the invention of carbon fiber , and Kevlar .. easly makes steel obsolete .

Last edited by CJM; 10/14/07 07:29 AM.
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