Since fenders are so hard to find, I was forced to use fiberglass fenders. MANY people have asked me the quality of the fenders I purchased. I decided I'd just to a page and show everyone what I got and how I intend to use them.
OK... here was the outcome of trying to glue the metal to the fiberglass.
It didn't work.
I left it glued together over night. Even left two shop lights shining on them to create a little heat and help them to bond. When I took off the clamps, the metal lifted right off. Both coats of glue stuck to the metal, and none to the fiberglass. I guess better NOW than two years down the road.
So I just put in the fiberglass to serve as the stiffener. That's some STOUT Stuff anyway.
Comment - Even though I wasn't able to get the metal to stick to the fiberglass... I am thinking I may go ahead and put the metal on TOP of the matting I glued in when I mount the fenders for good. My thought is that if some idiot does sit on the fender, the metal will widen out the force over a larger area... instead of just pulling on that area where that one bolt will be. May not need to be there, but I figure it's free "insurance"
ALSO Free ADVICE
When you use fiberglass fenders make sure you put a nice think coat or ZBart or some other kind of undercoating inside the fenders. If not; rocks can fly up and hit the underside of the fender and make "spider cracks" that will show in the paint on the finished side.