superpaulwilson Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Hi. I purchased some OEM spats recently from blueangel. One has been quite badly damaged in the post. Does anyone know if or how to go about repairing them? The damage is a five inch full thickness crack in the plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superpaulwilson Posted April 21, 2008 Author Share Posted April 21, 2008 Anybody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luka-P Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 you could run some filler into the crack if you open it up a little, then rub it down and respray. im sure after a few layers of primer it would be tough to tell. id open up the split first so you have something to bond to though. just an idea, im no expert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 drill the end of the crack to stop it growing use a soldering iron to bond the split back together on both sides then flat,fill if needed ith upol no 6 plastic filler prime n paint hth if you just fill the crack it will come back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superpaulwilson Posted April 21, 2008 Author Share Posted April 21, 2008 has anyone used this stuff? http://www.repairproducts.co.uk/page21.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Piston_Broke Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Grind out a small amount of material about an inch either side of the crack on the REAR face of the spat . Drill a small hole either at each end of the crack ( as previously suggested ) Sand the front face of the crack until it becomes slightly dished Cut some fibreglass matting to cover the ground area on the rear of the spat . Apply the resin to the ground area at the rear of the spat then apply the fibreglass matting on top ...apply more resin to the fibreglass matting and work it in with a paintbrush. When the resin has cured apply polyester stopper ( topstop gold )to the front face of the crack and sand to the required shape . HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CoolsBlue Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 you could run some filler into the crack if you open it up a little, then rub it down and respray. im sure after a few layers of primer it would be tough to tell. id open up the split first so you have something to bond to though. just an idea, im no expert wtf fill a crack with filler? when it goes on the car and on the road itll show up again, filler is used to bridge over a stong surface, eg, fibreglass:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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