40 series fibreglass parts road legal?

gizmo · Post by **gizmo** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:15 pm

I've noticed that you can get pretty much every panel for the 40 series as fibreglass. I've been wondering about which fibreglass part is road legal or if there is any that is not?

In particular the windscreen frame and the rear quarter panels.

cheers,
thomas

skid · Post by **skid** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:42 pm

I don't see why not

check with the man who gives it a WOF

sig · Post by **sig** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:49 pm

i wouldn,t think it would be a problem as i,m pretty sure that corvette bodys are made entirely from fibreglass and they have no trouble getting warrants

coxsy · Post by **coxsy** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:19 pm

the rear doors on jeep cherokees are glass too

doby · Post by **doby** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:31 pm

I had two glass gards and a glass bonit on my old crusier. The only thing i had to do for a WOF was put some bonit pins in the front corners insted if the standed rubber latches. Glass panels are grate, they are light weght and easy to fix!

fweddy · Post by **fweddy** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:29 pm

Its common for classic cars to have repo fiberglass panels

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:35 pm

dont worry about the fiber glass parts they are legal, think about all the glass kit cars and hotrods out there......

MNC · Post by **MNC** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:39 pm

Every panel in my FJ40 is Fibreglass - So I sure hope so :!:

JINX · Post by **JINX** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:42 am

Hi there. does this also include the fibreglass tub?. Is it just a matter of drilling out the body number tags and re riviting them onto a fibreglass tub?. I always wondered about that too. - cheers Mike.

gizmo · Post by **gizmo** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:01 am

The panels are definitely fine as not much is structural on that car. I am not so sure about the tub though... I heard this issues somewhere but can't remember where and what the details were...

gizmo · Post by **gizmo** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 11:37 am

I checked with Southern Four wheel drive in CHCH today, and he said that the warrant issues with fibreglass parts are:
The door hinges: need to be reinforced at the tub and the doors
The rear quarter panels: as the seatbelts are attached to them

Otherwise, no issues with windscreen frame or other bits.

40 series fibreglass parts road legal?

40 series fibreglass parts road legal?

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