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Old 09-20-2016, 04:39 PM
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Anyone know the thickness of the Coremat that ERA uses to protect the fenders? I'm asking for a friend who is building a non-ERA car and likes the idea. He's found 3 and 4 mm thick Coremat but, although I can't measure the thickness on my car because it's glassed in, it appears to be much thicker than that.

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Anyone know the thickness of the Coremat that ERA uses to protect the fenders? I'm asking for a friend who is building a non-ERA car and likes the idea. He's found 3 and 4 mm thick Coremat but, although I can't measure the thickness on my car because it's glassed in, it appears to be much thicker than that.

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It is much thicker than that. Here's a pic of it. It's the orange stuff.

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Old 09-21-2016, 05:08 AM
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I saw that and agree it looks much thicker than that. But no thickness dimension is given and that's what I was looking for to pass on.
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I saw that and agree it looks much thicker than that. But no thickness dimension is given and that's what I was looking for to pass on.
I think it's about as fat as my little finger.
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Hi Kevin,
I do not have a number on what size the ERA Core is, but I can say your friend should be safe with the 3 or 4mm. It acts as a spacer between the glasswork of the body, and the encompassing glasswork to prevent shock transfer of road debris. An 1/8-3/16 should be plenty safe as long as he doesn't saturate the core material.

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Hurricane used Coremat on the underside of the fenders and it looks to me to be about 1/8" thick.
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FWIW, we use 4mm Coremat.
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Thanks everyone, much appreciated.
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