Is that the same ****, or does fiberglass composite tend to not crack like the typical fiberglass kits?

I purchased the OEM front lip from HandA, but the rear and rockers from a seller on Ebay who was boasting about their "Fiberglass Composites" materials. Just curious what the hell it is...

 

Its probably BS. I would like to see what if anything they added to the layers of fiberglass to make it a composite.. If they added Kevlar or Carbon Fiber like they do in motorcycle helmets it would be stronger. But then you would end up buying a body kit for several thousand dollars due to the material cost. If you were to use material to re-enforce fiberglass it would be layered and unless they use bag molding or vaccume bag it then its going to be mostly resin and be brittle as expletive. Quality fiberglass is strong, its when you dont remove most the resin it gets brittle. If you look at lots of high quality name brand body kits they are all Polycarb or Urithane (sp) and not glass. I have done alot of research on composites and unless that body kit is ******* expensive then its they typical Ebay seller mombo-jumbo **** try and sell a dirt cheap product mass produced for money.

Your OEM lip is plastic right not some cheap fiberglass pos?

 

Yeah, the one I got from HandA is urethane, definitely not fiberglass.
Those other ebay pieces were cheap - 220 for sides, 180 for rear.

Quoted from their ad:
"All of our products are hand laid and made using high-grade fiberglass composites. Our parts can twist and bend similar to polyurethane."

Hardly, though... as far as the flexibility of the material. Compared to the front lip I have, it's like a night and day comparison.

 

Fiberglass IS a composite. Theres two ways to create a glass part. The easiest is with a chop gun that shoots bits of fg into the mould. Hand laid fg is way stronger in torson. Any composite will crack in sheer, it just depends on the amount of force.