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Glass Fibre Mating Surfaces
ChrisJ15 - 3/8/15 at 04:16 PM

Ive noticed where there are two glassfibre mating surfaces thats there's already lots of wear on my J15 before I've even got on the road.
I've seen and heard people putting some self adhesive material between these surfaces to prevent this but it would have to be pretty thin to keep the shut lines tight and I guess being waterproof would help!
Any ideas for a suitable material for this?

JeffHs - 3/8/15 at 04:56 PM

Propellor tape?
http://www.lasaero.com/site/products/article?id=J024HVFGL

40inches - 3/8/15 at 06:16 PM

What parts?

ChrisJ15 - 3/8/15 at 10:36 PM

I mean where you get a return on two panels so for example the front of the rear clam meats the rear of the centre tub.
So theres two sections of glassfibre that are pressed up against each other.

40inches - 4/8/15 at 09:32 AM

quote:
Originally posted by ChrisJ15
I mean where you get a return on two panels so for example the front of the rear clam meats the rear of the centre tub.
So theres two sections of glassfibre that are pressed up against each other.


I have used self adhesive foam rubber strips or sheet on all fibreglass returns, works very well.
At joints that are tight together I used 1mm thick, the scuttle to chassis I used 3mm, it compresses to almost nothing.

SteveWallace - 4/8/15 at 04:06 PM

I used a bike inner tube cut to form a single thickness sheet. Easy to cut to size, a lot thinner than adhesive backed foam and little money (£0 if you happen to have one with a puncture like I did). I used it where the bonnet sits on the scuttle and nose cone and its showed no sign of coming off or wearing out.

ChrisJ15 - 6/8/15 at 09:36 AM

Thanks for the suggestions guys, much appreciated.

FuryRebuild - 6/8/15 at 11:21 AM

+1 for the tape.