b'COMPOSITE BODIESBuild Tip: Most composite (fiberglass, Kevlar, carbon fiber, hybrid, etc.) bodies & body panels do not fit great when you first get them. But they make the BEST track & race cars. Composite bodies are LIGHT (most important), strong, tough & easily repaired or modified. Just know what youre getting into. Here are the pros & cons from our experience. Metal body pros & cons first. Bad News: New aftermarket OEM metal bodies fit poorly. Old metal bodies are usually worse from age, body twist & crash repairs. The exception to this rule are hand-built bodies by Race Body Shops like shown on pages XXX.OEM steel bodies require much MORE work & time to fit wellas much as 3x-5x more than compositewhich if youre paying a body shop to do, is a boatload of money. Learning to do metal body work yourself is a lifetime project. Literally. The good metal body guys we know have done it for 20+ years.Good news: Once fitted, steel body panels stay in place, until you wreck it. Then steel repairs of OEM bodies take a lot of time & money. The exception to this rule are hand-built bodies by Race Body Shops like shown on pages XXX. These can be similar or even less to repair than composite bodies.Composite body pros & cons. Bad News: Mostnot allbut most new composite bodies fit poorly at first. Some fit well out of the box. Most do not.Good news:Composite bodies require much way LESS work & time to make fit wellwhich if youre paying a shop to do, is a big savings. Learning to do composite body work yourself is a short term project. We know people that self taught on one car & are pretty good. Once you know how, you can easily make changes & repairs to your composite body.Once you do the work to get your composite body panels to line up & fit pretty goodjust know when you take the car apart for paint, powdercoat, etc.the panels may not line up exactly when you put it back together. We know you put everything in the same holes with the same brackets. We get it. Welcome to the world of thin composite. Youll need to do a little more work on fitment. Warning, if you work on thin composite at different temperatures, you will get different results. Frankly heat & cold are both enemies of thin composite. Youll understand this clearly when youre at the track on a hot day. Ahhhh . now your lightweight, composite race car is built. Other than the occasional temporary panel warpage due to high temps, everything is good. Composite bodies are easy to work with & easy to move around. Depending on how you attached certain panels, they can be quick & easy to remove, making working on your race car a joy, compared to steel bodies.If you damage it in an on-track (or off-track) excursion, theyre easy & affordable to repair. The time & cost to build and run a composite race car is significantly less than steel. Giddy up!Ron Sutton Race Technology does not sell any bodies or body components. We want you to find the composite or steel body you want to build your Track-Warrior with & Ron will help you build it right. The following pages show you the bodies we know available & the sources for them. Best wishes! 588'