Just received my finishing kit (woohoo!) and am going through inventorying and inspecting everything. Well, I've found just a couple of minor defects so far, but there's one I'm not sure about and could use some advice from the group.
The fiberglass wheel pants all have these surface defects all over them, sort of an irregular spider web pattern of very thin grooves. I'm not sure if they're scratches or cracks (the pattern would suggest stress cracks), or how deep they are. I couldn't really get them to show up in a photo, but if you've seen them on yours then you'll know what I'm talking about. Interestingly, all six wheel pant pieces (3 wheel pants, 2 pieces each) had these defects, and none of the other fiberglass parts did. Anyway, so if anyone out there has seen this before, I'd like to learn what these defects are, and whether or not they'll weaken the material. I know I can fill to get rid of them cosmetically, but I want to make sure they aren't going to develop cracks in the future.
Thanks!
The fiberglass wheel pants all have these surface defects all over them, sort of an irregular spider web pattern of very thin grooves. I'm not sure if they're scratches or cracks (the pattern would suggest stress cracks), or how deep they are. I couldn't really get them to show up in a photo, but if you've seen them on yours then you'll know what I'm talking about. Interestingly, all six wheel pant pieces (3 wheel pants, 2 pieces each) had these defects, and none of the other fiberglass parts did. Anyway, so if anyone out there has seen this before, I'd like to learn what these defects are, and whether or not they'll weaken the material. I know I can fill to get rid of them cosmetically, but I want to make sure they aren't going to develop cracks in the future.
Thanks!