Any guesses as to what this black material is used on the front of many prerunner trucks?
I'm assuming some type of plastic. Also, any grassroots (cheap) alternatives if the real-deal stuff proves to be expensive?
Any guesses as to what this black material is used on the front of many prerunner trucks?
I'm assuming some type of plastic. Also, any grassroots (cheap) alternatives if the real-deal stuff proves to be expensive?
Short track çars use stuff like that. Speedway or Howe probably has it
Great first two replies! Thanks guys!
UHMW? I think ive seen it mentioned on here before.
TJL said:UHMW? I think ive seen it mentioned on here before.
Good Answer! Correct or not, that's very cool stuff, and it sounds correct to me.
Too bad the garden stuff has a wood grain molded in.
Now where to buy 5" strips of UHMW?
They call it a valence.
Sold in Quantity:
Each
MFG. Part #:
Select Color to see
Overall Height:
22.00"
Overall Length:
10 ft.
Material Type:
Plastic
Material Thickness:
.11"
Color:
Select Color to see
These rolled up sheets of high density polyethylene plastic are useful for air dams, body extensions, wheel wells, interior panels, etc. Designed for dirt track racing, so it will stand up to heavy abuse on a variety of applications. The plastic is 1/8" thick, 22" wide, and 10 ft. long.
From question to answer in just a handful of posts. Problem solved!!
UHMW is what we ran on skid plates on rock crawlers so you slide off the rocks instead of getting hung up on them. I'd bet that on a prerunner you have an aluminum backing but we ran steel because weight didn't matter as much back then.
thatsnowinnebago said:They call it a valence.
Yikes! That's a little too steep for my wallet
ebonyandivory said:thatsnowinnebago said:They call it a valence.
Yikes! That's a little too steep for my wallet
$49.99?
I guess it is just a piece of plastic, though.
In reply to b13990 :
$50.00 is nothing for some lighting or a shock absorber but yeah, like you said. It's a (~$10.00) piece of plastic.
ebonyandivory said:In reply to b13990 :
$50.00 is nothing for some lighting or a shock absorber but yeah, like you said. It's a (~$10.00) piece of plastic.
But it already has holes drilled in it!
Dubois Motorsports in Charleton Ma has rolls of that stuff in many different colors, if you actually want to lay hands on the some. I buy all of my roll cage tubing from there. Every time I go there, I always come home with extra stuff because I see something I just have to have. Cool shop. Great owner. Great prices.
In reply to tr8todd :
Ooooh, one of my coworkers lives right near there too!
The link says ABS and it looks (on my cracked phone screen) exactly like the sheets of textured ABS I can get locally from the plastics supplier
A 4X8X1/8 sheet is about $25 at my local store. Look for an industrial plastics supplier near you.
Jumper K Balls (Trent) said:The link says ABS and it looks (on my cracked phone screen) exactly like the sheets of textured ABS I can get locally from the plastics supplier
A 4X8X1/8 sheet is about $25 at my local store. Look for an industrial plastics supplier near you.
And now I have located an industrial plastic supplier 15 minutes away and am setting up a business account with them
In reply to Patrick :
Awesome. See if they will give you a tour of the warehouse. My supplier is happy to because it gives me a better idea of what they offer and consequently what I can purchase from them. I might just be really lucky but Multicraft Plastics is amazing. My bread and butter is their selection of Delrin rods that I machine into pretty much everything that isn't metal. They are a quarter of the cost of McMaster on most things.
In reply to Jumper K Balls (Trent) :
Ooo, they've got a Portland location too.
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