| | | quote | Originally posted by Bloozberry:
I disagree. Much depends on the level of care taken to build the kit. Not all kit cars are slapped together. I've been driving my 308 kit since '96 (albeit on a completely restored chassis and powertrain) and I haven't experienced maintainability nor durability issues with the exception of common wear and tear items like tires and ball joints. As for the fiberglass body, if care is taken to design proper supports and the body is mounted securely then things like stress cracks can be avoided altogether. |
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Obviously the kit body doesn't affect the normal wear items.
If the kit doesn't include the right supports to keep the fiberglass from cracking, then it's not a very well engineered kit, is it?
I was referring to rock chips, minor dings, stresses from use (ever heard the sunroof creak when driving diagonally over a gutter?), etc. that the stock body would shrug off which would end up cracking the fiberglass body.
| | | quote | Originally posted by I FAR I:
Some really good and pertinent points were made in all the above posts, but I'm with Bloozberry on this one because I had my Fejer kit done in 1993........Meras are essentially the same as every other 308 kit, Bloozberry's car excepted, as his is a Stinger; but putting together a Mera, or any of the other 308/328 kits which were made off of the same type mold, is really no different than the cars put together by Corporate Concepts imo. |
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I was under the impression that the MERA body was "engineered" for its semi-production status and was a cut above a normal kit--like the IMSA--which, judging by Russ' installation, typically needs a lot of bondo & bodywork to install and is then essentially un-removable without breaking the joints and having to re-do the bodywork and repaint the car.
