Originally Posted by
murky123
I have 3 proline shortcourse bodies.
hardcore: feels hard, thick. less flexability
silverado: feels even harder, thicker. very stiff
F-150 : feels thinner, very flexable
I thought that when I buy a proline body, that they all would be the same thickness. that it would be the same fabric. the same lexan. but it feels otherwise.
are you experiencing the same ?
lexan bodies are manufactured by the Vacuum Forming process. The overall thickness varies throughout the body depending how much "stretching" is required to conform to the body mold.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_forming
Also thinner lexan is needed when a mold has a lot of small high quality details, and (or) multiple compound bends