What is my car made of?

[Wild Bill]

OK-I'm dumb--What is the Viper made of?

Bill
(wearing his stupid button)

 

[snowmann]

I assume you mean the body panels... Plastic injected molding... I am sure that is not the best answer and might even be incorrect.

 

[dansauto]

SMC, sheet molded composite (kind of a cross between fiberglass and plastic.

 

[OutThere]

lots of love...

 

[SapphireGTS]

Plastic and wireties.

I love to show this one. Anyone that has taken off their rear piece has seen this taped/gludetogetherness

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[Yellow Fever]

That car must have been made on a Friday

 

[Bones]

Ouch. That looks bad.

 

[luc]

Do you think that they have a part # for it?

Luc.
00GTS

 

[SapphireGTS]

Do you think that they have a part # for it?

Luc.
00GTS

Its like 80 bucks. A wire tie of an 98 Jeep will work too. Its only $4.00

 

[GTSnake]

I believe at first it was made from RTM then it went to SMC a few years later or was it the other way around??? I gotta ask my friend who worked for the supplier that made the panels.

 

[Big Medicine]

All fancy ways to say PLASTIC.

 

[GTSnake]

Actually it's not plastic it's fiberglass.

The reason why they went to SMC is because they couldn't hold the dimensions of the RTM hence the high scrap rate of the gen I hoods.

 

[Nexus-6]

Puppy dog tails?

 

[PatrickG]

So, it is made of fiberglass or some other things like puppy dog tails, but non of them will rust. Why are you afraid to drive it in rain

 

[GCHDEALER]

but non of them will rust.

Only every little nut a screw!

 

[Andrew2KRT10]

NOt in rain? Because I don't want some as* to spin out and hit me.
Fiberglass, when inpregneted with resin, is plastic, & is used for it's flexability & strengh, if laid up the right way. I'd be interested in how the panels are made. Hey, that'd be a great tour to take.

AC