Re: fiberglass vs abs hood scoop, which is best? - 01/21/1905:13 PM
Fiberglass is a lot stiffer & more brittle vs. ABS. It's tougher to get adhesion to the hood with ABS. So, if you want the scoop "blended" onto the hood, then go fiberglass. If you just want to pop-rivet it to the hood, then go with ABS.
Re: fiberglass vs abs hood scoop, which is best? - 01/21/1905:31 PM
Originally Posted By PurpleBeeper
Fiberglass is a lot stiffer & more brittle vs. ABS. It's tougher to get adhesion to the hood with ABS. So, if you want the scoop "blended" onto the hood, then go fiberglass. If you just want to pop-rivet it to the hood, then go with ABS.
I agree, plus fiberglass can be repaired and is stronger.
Re: fiberglass vs abs hood scoop, which is best? - 01/23/1912:21 AM
Scoops were only made out of ABS because the process is so damn cheap. But in reality they're useless for anything other than an all-out race car. You could vacuum form a couple hundred ABS scoops in the time it takes to make one 'glass scoop - REALLY !! If ABS was any good, the factory would have made A12 hoods with it instead of 'glass !!!
Re: fiberglass vs abs hood scoop, which is best? - 01/23/1902:00 AM
I think the real unknown here, there are thousands of formulations of "plastics" including ABS, and ABS here is likely a generic term makes for a good sales pitch, and they all have varying properties, where FG has maybe 8? variation. It certainly can bre very robust.
Re: fiberglass vs abs hood scoop, which is best? - 01/23/1911:59 AM
I like the ease or repair of fiberglass. ABS can be repaired but its almost an art as opposed to fiberglass. I repaired/rebuilt an old impossible to replace bezel on for an old motorcycle and it came out perfect- but was quite more involved than if it had been FG.