Originally Posted by
Bansh88
Never touched the body.
In fact, the body in the last pic is fairly brittle after using 2 cans of carb cleaner on it to try and remove the original paint. (what a mess!) But even that has held up through some serious bashing.
There's your answer. The carb cleaner you used likely attacked the lexan, rendering it brittle. I discovered this unfortunate effect many years ago; ruined a perfectly good body.