Polymer Bodies
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Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:10 amby randomone
I'm having a bit of trouble visualizing the RL equivalent of polymer. While I do know of several cars with fiberglass bodies, I can't think of any with a pure plastic or "polymer" body. It has nearly identical stats as fiberglass except it has a very high tooling cost instead of material cost. Is it just a form of mass-produced fiberglass? I can't really think of any other equivalent.
Re: Polymer Bodies
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Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:36 amby Slim Jim
I'm thinking first-generation Saturn...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEhaxgohXdQ...and a more "official" commercial for their dent-resistant polymer panels...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W26FX5YP3Y
Re: Polymer Bodies
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Sun Aug 24, 2014 6:30 amby xwing
When I saw polymer body, I immediately thought Trabant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabant
Re: Polymer Bodies
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Thu Sep 04, 2014 2:38 pmby fralbjabar
I've been thinking of something like the fiber reinforced plastic used for body panels in the C4-C6 corvettes. Still technically fiberglass, but much more flexible and lighter (and made in an automated press).
Re: Polymer Bodies
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Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:44 pmby Killrob
fralbjabar wrote:I've been thinking of something like the fiber reinforced plastic used for body panels in the C4-C6 corvettes. Still technically fiberglass, but much more flexible and lighter (and made in an automated press).
That is what it is supposed to be, yes
Re: Polymer Bodies
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Fri Sep 05, 2014 3:57 amby vmo
The Clio MK2 (and forward Renaults) had a plastic side guard, and the Smart had a plastic body.