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1) Does anyone know what year Yamaha switched to SMC (sheet molded compound) hulls?
2) can you tell from this pic whether it is fiberglass or SMC?
My Waverunner was mint condition until some girls put it on the rocks and it has been sitting for quite a while now. It is a 1999 GP800. I have the 99' GP800 Yamaha service manual, but it does not say anything about SMC. The front hatch is definitely some kind of plastic but the hull is different. The hull appears to have either some mat or chopped mat in it but has a whitish tint all the way through, kind of like if you added gel-coat to the resin. Most fiberglass I am familiar with is transparent with the exception of the gel-coat or paint top coat, but then again I am used to seeing hand laid fiberglass not glass sprayed with a chop gun, so I don't know. I have read some of the descriptions of SMC but still can't tell. If you have a clue, please let me know!
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2) can you tell from this pic whether it is fiberglass or SMC?
My Waverunner was mint condition until some girls put it on the rocks and it has been sitting for quite a while now. It is a 1999 GP800. I have the 99' GP800 Yamaha service manual, but it does not say anything about SMC. The front hatch is definitely some kind of plastic but the hull is different. The hull appears to have either some mat or chopped mat in it but has a whitish tint all the way through, kind of like if you added gel-coat to the resin. Most fiberglass I am familiar with is transparent with the exception of the gel-coat or paint top coat, but then again I am used to seeing hand laid fiberglass not glass sprayed with a chop gun, so I don't know. I have read some of the descriptions of SMC but still can't tell. If you have a clue, please let me know!
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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