Dave a little advice if you can, my one piece rear light panel which is blended in, after a while with the body movement ends up with little cracks where the fibreglass panel meets the metal. I tried P40 fibre glass filler, plastic bumper filler, which is supposed to be flexible, looks great for a few weeks then little cracks appear again.

 

Before i waste time in painting it, what would you suggest to be the best way to stop this from happening.

 

Cheers

Dermal the line back in :lol:

 

I don't know tbh its such a large piece of glass on metal. The amount of shrinkage will be huge. Maybe drill holes in the panel and the metal hen re skim over it with glass paste and it should anchor it all in place, a bit like a staple if you like then a. Skim of. Flexi filler on top.

 

That's the only thing I can think of?

Or more filler lol. Problem in the past it had a prang, before my time, so when i came to fit the panel initially, it was slightly out on the drivers side, hence blending it in, obviously doing that has opened up the issue lol

 

Good idea though, will give it a try.

Worth a punt. Nothing to lose if it keeps happening, it should just lock it all in position :)

I thought there was some sort of thin film you can layer over the top, iirc Jason ( The BEAST) mentioned something similar he had done on his, might be something to prevent stone chips or splitting.

No idea tbh, sounds like a little personal trick ?

 

Seems a bit odd sticking filler over a plastic film?

Ive just read the plastic film is applied to the top coat of paint, stop guard i think its called, or you can get a spray film.

Ahhh right yeah I know that stuff. Only problem is you will have a lip around the edge. Iirc it turns yellow over time. But that won't bother you :)

i might just spray the whole car with it lol