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You can pretty much only get fibreglass fairings for race use, as most manufacturers don't cut out the areas for headlights, brakelights, indicators etc. Some Raceglass companies do make fibreglass road fairings for some bikes, however this is not the norm.
Comparison wise..... plastic fairings (ABS) generally splits and shatters when it is put under pressure, while fibreglass will just splinter. Fibreglass is easy to repair, and generally a lot more flexible, but due to this flexibility paint finishes on fibreglass generally aren't as good, as the paint won't flex where the fibreglass does, so you get spiderweb cracks in the paint.
Quality wise.... you would have to prepare your own fibreglass fairings to paint, and the painting is only as good as the prep work. In addition, you would also have to drill and prepare your fibreglass fairings for mounting onto the bike, where as most ABS fairings come pre-drilled. This doesn't mean that you may not have to redrill or enlarge holes to fit.
Ideally, fibreglass is for race use. Plastic fairings are for road use. The only times you may use fibreglass fairings on the road is if you were getting additional fairing pieces added to your bike eg. belly fairing on a naked bike, however this is more the exception than the rule.
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