i pulled into my parents drive today and took a f*cking chip out of my bomex front end :( . Had a look underneath and it needs a bit of repair only i have no idea where to start.It looks like it was kerbed loads b4 and has a split about 4" long right in the middle. the chip is tiny (3-4cms) that could probably be glued back in but just wondered if anyone had any input.

 

apart from be more careful next time!!

:D I used to do fibre glass, carbon and kevlar repairs to aircraft. My advice would be get hold of some fibre glass cloth and resin. Use this to re-enforce the back of the split, say three layers should do. Make sure they overlap the split by 3cm minimum. Then fill the front with normal body filler. There is no point trying to cover the front in FRP, you'll probably never get it tidy enough. When are you gonna do this? I may be up your way over easter weekend. I could probably give you a hand and I may be able to get hold of some cloth and resin.

 

Jase

halfords do a complete fibre glass kit for about £7 mate

:D I used to do fibre glass, carbon and kevlar repairs to aircraft. My advice would be get hold of some fibre glass cloth and resin. Use this to re-enforce the back of the split, say three layers should do. Make sure they overlap the split by 3cm minimum. Then fill the front with normal body filler. There is no point trying to cover the front in FRP, you'll probably never get it tidy enough. When are you gonna do this? I may be up your way over easter weekend. I could probably give you a hand and I may be able to get hold of some cloth and resin.

 

Jase

 

mate that would be sweet!! (worried about ending up with me fingers stuck to me bumper all night - lol

 

My email is speedfreak@dsl.pipex.com if you mail us i will get some pics of the crack ( :x: ) so you can see what i am talking about

 

cheers :duffer:

Well I'm not sure if you remember my totally wrecked Stillen front bumper.

 

 

 

This is it after a friends handy work :D.

not quite as bad as that - nice re work job though, very nice

ive fixed fibre glass boats and when they crack i always drill a hole at the ends of the crack this stops the crack spreading any futher

Speedy take it to Prospect where my car was painted they'll fix it and sort out all ya paintwork needs in one go.

Mate its easy, get some fibre glass from halfords, wap it on, spread it out to a rough shape and let it set, then a bit more etc till you build it up and got a very rough shape there, then start to sand to the aprox shape better to take it too far than to little, then I use p45 easy sand over the top to smooth it and blend it, keep building up then sand down. If its in a particularly vulnerable place where it will be flexing a lot I use plastic padding over the top so it wont crack, instead of the easy sand.

 

A lot of people i know use blocks and stuff to sand, I find it easier to use finger tips as you can feel the variations in the surface and concentrate on sanding them to a reasonable level, then smooth off evenly with a block.

 

For that sort of size gap mate wont take long to do, i'd give it a go, even if you **** it up, it takes five mins to cut / ground down and re fill / smooth the surface at a body shop / someone who knows what they are doing.

 

You aint got much too lose by trying other than about a tenner on materials!

 

If it looks good, prime and spray, over spray, let it go off for a few days, then laquer, let that go for a few days and use thinners to blend in over spray, bobs your uncle fannies your aunt!

p.s dont think you wont notice small variations in the surface and skip time sanding it even, or when its sprayed and laquered any slight deviance will show and it will look like wobbly as **** in the light.

Speedy take it to Prospect where my car was painted they'll fix it and sort out all ya paintwork needs in one go.

 

whats it likely to cost though matey?? (thinks- mmm all my exterior trim in bayside blue metalflake........)

 

oh btw you working 2m? will pop in at some point to pick up those couple o boxes of gloves if thats ok (and my side lenses maybe?? ;) ) how much did you say again? -head like one of those things for flour !!

whats it likely to cost though matey?? (thinks- mmm all my exterior trim in bayside blue metalflake........)

 

oh btw you working 2m? will pop in at some point to pick up those couple o boxes of gloves if thats ok (and my side lenses maybe?? ;) ) how much did you say again? -head like one of those things for flour !!

Pop down to see Clive and tell him I sent ya. He'll look after ya mate.