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by **whippit** » Thu 13.03.2008, 02:43

Could anyone help me in finding a bodyshop in the northwest area that does fiberglass repairs , recomended
i have two small crackes in the gelcoat, on the plinth above the bumper,
( front clam shell)

by **Monty** » Thu 13.03.2008, 16:21

These may be to far for you

I`ve used Phoenix Motorsports for my wheel refurb, alot of the NORLOG lads use them, Stephen M is the one who does the body work side.

Think this is there address
Unit 7, Albion Mill, Accrington, BB5 4LQ

What about PNM engineering?

by **DeeAitch** » Thu 13.03.2008, 19:37

Close enough?
Never used them but I did see a JPS Europa they did and it was mighty

by **whippit** » Sat 15.03.2008, 22:47

its sods law, i live two minutes away, the blokes a superb engineer at europa ,his work shops like an f1 garage, i went to him for advice and he said he does;nt do body work any more and shut the door, shame because ive seen his work and its top class, i'll try again, other than that looks like a trip to option 1 down south

by **Rogerf** » Sun 16.03.2008, 01:08

Whippit,mine's in at Option 1.I've had good reports so we will see in a week!
Roger

by **The Ref** » Sun 16.03.2008, 08:48

whippit wrote:Could anyone help me in finding a bodyshop in the northwest area that does fiberglass repairs , recomended
i have two small crackes in the gelcoat, on the plinth above the bumper,
( front clam shell)

I live in the northeast but i had mine done in Hartlepool a first class job .

Billy

by **Rogerf** » Sun 16.03.2008, 15:35

Billy,mine is being stripped down i.e bumper,bonnet A panels grills etc coming off to be sprayed.I suppose that's why the price of mine is :shock:

£££
Option 1 also give you a dvd of all the work which as taken place!

Roger

by **Monty** » Wed 11.02.2009, 18:34

Just found this on YouTube, it`s a great vid on reparing fiberglass damage on a M100

Vid 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYOlIooo ... re=related

Vid2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBkaNVdM8IY

Wonder who now owns that Elan reg G711VUF

There website http://www.ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk/store/
East Coast Fibreglass Supplies
Unit 2B,
Rekendyke Industrial Estate,
South Shields,
Tyne and Wear
United Kingdom
NE33 5BZ
Tel: +44 (0)191 4975134
Fax: +44 (0)191 4565487

Email: sales@ ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk

by **lotusgirlmarie** » Wed 11.02.2009, 20:06

Interresting vid. I always found it neat to see how others approach problems. Glassing is more an art than science.

by **John_W** » Wed 11.02.2009, 20:53

Good find, Monty. I found it fascinating. There's a lot of man-hours in fibreglass repairs.
John

by **Monty** » Thu 12.02.2009, 00:41

Yeah, i didn`t realise how much work is gone in to FG repairs :shock:

I just wonder how much the corner weight out on the front N/S with all that Glass :smt081

by **lotusgirlmarie** » Thu 12.02.2009, 01:03

Yep. The weight shouldn't be too bad. It's abut like sculpting..... Actually it is sculpting. Your just adding into a negative space father than subtracting from a positive. So cool!!!!

by **Doug** » Fri 13.02.2009, 07:12

Monty wrote:Just found this on YouTube, it`s a great vid on reparing fiberglass damage on a M100

Vid 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYOlIooo ... re=related

Vid2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBkaNVdM8IY

very cool -- couldn't tear myself away from it

someone should contact them and tell them to keep their skills up for Elans!

by **lotos** » Mon 16.03.2009, 01:07

I kept thinking about the labor cost involved in this project, and wondering how much a body panel costs... (even a used body panel)

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