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Mar 1, 2018 | 08:06 PM

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GreaseMonkey17

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Let’s see some of your work ! Forget the attachment methods I want to see some armor

Mar 1, 2018 | 10:10 PM

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Mar 1, 2018 | 10:25 PM

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Derrick Bartholomew

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Originally Posted by Transpoquick

That's very clean. I like the Allen head screws. What does the rest of it look like?

Mar 1, 2018 | 10:27 PM

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Derrick Bartholomew

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Originally Posted by GreaseMonkey17

Let’s see some of your work ! Forget the attachment methods I want to see some armor

You will soon.

Mar 1, 2018 | 10:30 PM

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The same.

I like the idea of adhesives, it interesting.

W/ some of the body panel adhesive made now a days, if you were to "adhere" a panel that size to a solid surface, you would never get it off again.

Idk, it a interesting idea.

Mar 1, 2018 | 10:45 PM

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Btw, I didn't use any glue.

I considered it during that project though.

Mar 1, 2018 | 11:03 PM

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Derrick Bartholomew

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Originally Posted by S10cherokee

Here is my thought on it... It could work for something like sitting at a show to reveal a new product. And thats about it. For every day driving, body armour is heavy and it could and would fall off. Not just might, it would fall off, causing injury to others and possibly a lawsuit on your hands

So what if there was a lighter weight body armour than steel pkating...I like my Cherokees for many reasons , one of them being light weight, my Jeep weighs about 3500lbs. Why not body armour that's lighter weight than steel and just as strong...Stay tuned.

Mar 1, 2018 | 11:15 PM

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Derrick Bartholomew

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Originally Posted by bad_idea

I never meant to say it is a terrible idea, just not a viable option for DIY. I know body shops and OEMs attach body panels with an adhesive. I don't see an issue with a properly bonded armor panel, even beating it on the trails. I have no data, but I am sure adhesive will hold at least as well as self tapping screws. Possibly as well as through bolts. If you go forward with the idea, I'd like to see how it turns out.

Stay tuned, still waiting in line for the only water jet I found in town. I'm going to adhere it with stuff you can find at any big box home improvement store.

Mar 1, 2018 | 11:19 PM

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Op makes carbon fiber body armor w/ stuff from Menards, I'll be impressed.

Mar 1, 2018 | 11:30 PM

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Derrick Bartholomew

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Op makes carbon fiber body armor w/ stuff from Menards, I'll be impressed.

I work with aerospace composites. Carbon fiber is brittle and expensive unless I'm missing something..Who is OP?

Mar 1, 2018 | 11:59 PM

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GreaseMonkey17

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OP is typical original poster meaning you .

Mar 2, 2018 | 02:17 AM

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You be OP.

Mar 2, 2018 | 01:38 PM

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Lotus uses an epoxy resin for bonding (in lieu of welding) some of its chassis designs, so it's not impossible by any means. And those things hold up to all kinds of deflection and torsional forces...can't imagine a slab of armor with all that surface area to bond to would have it any worse.