Bonneville America Forums Forums Off Topic Discussion Forums Lounge Plastic or fiberglass Chop

Jason, the front fender is plastic, not fibreglass, and is relatively easy to cut. I've made a few cuts into it over the years myself.

Here's how you do it:

Cover the general area over where you think you'll be making the cut with masking tape.

Use a grease pencil to mark where you want to make your cut.

Take a sabre-saw with very fine teeth(made for cutting plastic) and just cut along the line you've drawn.

(BTW...the masking tape is so as you go along the cut-line, the saw's baseplate doesn't mar the paint around the area being cut)

Remove the tape, and use either a rasp or file to smooth out the cut, and always file downward from the top painted surface or parallel to the new edge, as going the opposite way could cause the paint along the edge to flake off.