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Best aftermarket fiberglass panel vendor

Who makes the best aftermarket fiberglass panels (Hood, Fenders, rear flares, engine deck lid and spoiler)? I’m looking at gt-racing and American International Racing.

Old 06-06-2022, 06:33 PM
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Check out TRE in Van Nuys California. Dave the owner is a great guy. I’m sure he would be happy to speak with you about fiberglass parts.
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Not familiar with American international. Many say Getty design is one of the best, I recently bought an rs bumper from gt racing and was pleased with quality and fitment. Regardless where you buy parts massaging will have to be done for fitment.
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I have parts from EB racing and dig the fit and quality.
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OP is in Alabama the shipping would be ridiculous for EB.
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Thank you everyone for the suggestions. Yes, shipping from the UK would be cost prohibitive.
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I can attest that EB makes some ridiculously nice glass parts- I bought an SCRS front bumper and it was stunningly well made.

The shipping to Chicago was twice the price of the bumper!!
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I had some lotus 7 seats by JK composites out of England, shipped to Toronto, Canada and used a container service and it was reasonable. You cant be in a hurry as they fill unsold portions of a container with smaller shipments. The container leaves when its full and comes by boat. Took a little over a month and a half once the seats got to the container service. Requires some cooperation from the supplier as they have to pack it for container travel.

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The shipping to Chicago was twice the price of the bumper!!
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I’ve bought a few things from DP Motorsport in Germany. The shipping to California wasn’t that bad but they were smaller parts then a bumper.
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I also bought bumpers from ST-Parts in Germany along with a bunch of other backdate stuff. The shipping via DHL was actually pretty reasonable (~$350) and for the quantity of parts I bought it was a drop in the bucket.

The bumpers were also really really nice and very light but unfortunately weren’t the right ones for my car. I still have the rear bumper for a car with carrera flares for sale.
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Rothsport stocks some EB stuff I think.
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^^^ Yes. Rothsport is the distributor for EB.


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I've heard the opposite about EB. Some very disappointed buyers. I have no personal experience.
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CCP Fabrication in Florida makes nice quality parts ... i ordered a fiberglass front hood for my 89 911 and the workmanship is top notch.They even managed to ship it to Montreal for me.
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I have purchased several pieces from Getty have never been disappointed.
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Thanks for the additional suggestions
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Yeah. AIR is "past its prime". They fenders on my project from them had to be extensively reworked. When James Garner was involved it was probably still pretty good.

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www.f-s-h.com Their stuff is outstanding. In Germany, so not cheap on the shipping, (I know because I just did it) but the quality was great. Also had good luck with TRE.
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Thank you for the update about AIR. I was looking at them mostly.

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