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Lexan/fiberglass front ends?
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<blockquote data-quote="fl-krawler" data-source="post: 728591" data-attributes="member: 884"><p>They are decent, but I tend to be pretty picky with what I want. When I inquired about the parts I asked about specific dimensions as I wanted to be sure the parts would fit a chassis I'm building for a customer well, without a lot of modification. The only response I got back was a very vague "they are 54". Having been in this industry for almost 20yrs now I've gotten that type of response from vendors who are only interested in you when asking for your credit card info. Not saying jimmys doesn't or wouldn't have good customer service, but I just didn't want to put the effort in to hounding them for the info I needed (and originally asked for). One advantage to living where I do is due to the boating industry, fiberglass supplies and knowledge are everywhere, and making molds isn't hard at all. Add into that , that I'm a cheap ass and I'd rater invest money into molds that will allow me to replicate the parts quickly and cheaply. Like a lot of "shops" building buggies isn't my main source of income (I'm a hospice RN by day) but I stay pretty busy building chassis (10 last year) and assorted other cage/suspension/engine work as a side gigso having molds that I can make and tweak parts to customers specs is pretty valuable. I guess I just needed an excuse to do it</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fl-krawler, post: 728591, member: 884"] They are decent, but I tend to be pretty picky with what I want. When I inquired about the parts I asked about specific dimensions as I wanted to be sure the parts would fit a chassis I'm building for a customer well, without a lot of modification. The only response I got back was a very vague "they are 54". Having been in this industry for almost 20yrs now I've gotten that type of response from vendors who are only interested in you when asking for your credit card info. Not saying jimmys doesn't or wouldn't have good customer service, but I just didn't want to put the effort in to hounding them for the info I needed (and originally asked for). One advantage to living where I do is due to the boating industry, fiberglass supplies and knowledge are everywhere, and making molds isn't hard at all. Add into that , that I'm a cheap ass and I'd rater invest money into molds that will allow me to replicate the parts quickly and cheaply. Like a lot of "shops" building buggies isn't my main source of income (I'm a hospice RN by day) but I stay pretty busy building chassis (10 last year) and assorted other cage/suspension/engine work as a side gigso having molds that I can make and tweak parts to customers specs is pretty valuable. I guess I just needed an excuse to do it [/QUOTE]
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