Took my front lip splitter off today as its damaged. Its cracked on the drivers side corner and the flat bit that bolts to the underside of the car is hanging off. As they are hard to get hold of and expensive I was thinking of trying to repair it. Has anyone done this themselves that can point me in the right direction as I know bu**er all about plastic repairs. Cheers
No not really, mine is the same but i was thinking of repairing it with resin only and then maybe coating it with carbon fiber as i have about a 10 metre roll of it.
Yeah I was thinking just about glueing it back together with some form of resin. My dad used to build model planes and had some 2 pack stuff for the plastic. I was wondering if it would need strengthening with fibre glass or something though to stop it from happening again. What do you think?
Fiberglass wont hold for long as the splitter is polyurethene. Have a look at plastic welding (or whatever it was called! :Hammer )
Yeah I heard that but it has been repaired on the passenger side with fibreglass and it seams to be fine. I chipped most of the filler off today to expose the crack only to find its a big hole. I\'ll try it with fibreglass an see what happens. If it doesn\'t work then I\'ve lost nothing (hopefully!) except a few quid for materials. I\'ll take some pic\'s as I do it and get them posted up. If it all goes wrong then I\'ll have to get an after market one. Im just being a cheap skate first!
Aye I know what you mean. I fixed mine with fiberglass but knowing it\'s not the proper way I shall remove it all and start again! To be honest, remembering all the nuts and bolts that hold it all together, you might get away with it and be ok :chat
I hope so. It seems to be the way with these cars. Just try and see what happens, as long as your having fun along the way its all good. If it all goes to pot I may see if the guy I got my fibreglass off would make a mould from mine so I can make some new ones.
I had exactly the same problem :D
I\'ve just finished repairing mine with fibreglass, if I get some time tomorrow I\'ll upload the pics. I also was thinking about making a batch up, seems I may have some competition... :D
pdtaylor, where did you get the carbon fibre sheet from and for how much? You interested in selling some of it?
I\'d love to make a batch up but I\'m gonna see what happens with the repair first. I have never done anything like this before so it could get messy! Im gonna try it after work today. Fill it and sand it tomorrow. Then try and get it painted and back on before the northan meet on monday. But we will see. Fingers crossed. How did your repair go BLM?
you thinking of coming down to the meet then ??
will be nice to see another FC there :D
Yeah I think its about time I came down to meet you all in person. And yeah i\'ll be in the coupe. I take it your bringing your cab Stu?
yup - its the only RX i have now :(
I thought you were thinking about purchasing the one in Preston?:rollin If It stays cheep I might have a bid myself. Think the gearbox I won is a no goer cause i\'ve never heard from the seller since the auction ended. OH I just finnished the fibreglassing of the splitter. Just got to wait till it hardens to see what it looks like.
did you win it from a guy in derby ??
if so - he is ok but can take a while to answer emails i think
i have a splitter in black which is has one clean break in it, it was repaired using a small bit of plate rivited and the remaining rack filled
its for sale if any body wants it
how much you asking for it? (just in case mine goes wrong).
And yeah i got it off the guy in Derby. I am begining to wonder if he\'s been flooded out in all the bad weather. I won the auction on sunday and wanted to pick it up this weekend. Still haven\'t had any communication with the guy.
i paid £50 for it so just want that back. just to make it clear, its still in two pieces, but it was repaired once but not by me.
a guy called Ali then ??
i have spoke to him in the past - but its taken him over a week sometimes to answer emails ( and then he only answered 1 out of 3 :( )
Yeah. I emailed him again yesterday and he rang me straight away. wha hoo. He said he had sent me 2 or 3 emails and wondered why I hadn\'t rang him. Going to pick it up today:D Doesn\'t look like im gonna have the splitter finnished before monday now. I had to work near Perth yesterday so missed out and wont be getting much done today if I\'ve got to go to Derby.
Here are some pic\'s of the splitter. I\'ve been a bit lazy this week so I haven\'t filled it yet. I\'ve sanded it up and its starting to look something like it should. It feels a lot stronger too.
OK here they are
Nice job, glad to see you reinforced it the whole way along, hopefully you wont be having to this again for a while..!
Sorry for the late reply and no pics, been VEERRYY busy, working 10-16hrs a day on Project Mav (slight change from the original thread, the white uk car is now a... JDM \'91 GT-X FC Drift Car!).. serious amount of work, have sooo many pics and have done so much work I am considering writing a book!