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    Need advice for building carbon fibre strut tower/hatch brace

    Right, so you believe this will not be strong enough made from polystyrene wrapped in carbon fibre? I was under the impression that most strut braces that include heim joints at the ends of the bar, use them for ease of assembly and adjustable length of the bar. To my knowledge, the heim...
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    Need advice for building carbon fibre strut tower/hatch brace

    Hi, I am planning on building a rear strut tower/hatch brace out of foam/carbon fibre. As this is just a project I'm doing at home, I was going to use the method described in this article to build a bike frame (Polystyrene rod covered in fiberglass and then carbon fibre)...

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