craig_007
|
| posted on 4/4/09 at 10:58 AM |
|
|
Fibre Glass Bonnet Starting To Fracture !!
Hi All,
I have noticed today whilst polishing the car that the bonnet is begining to split in 2 places,split is almost the whole length of the bonnet !!
Is there any thing I can do before this gets much worse or is my best bet to get an aluminium bonnet made to the same dimensions as fitted ??
Is it easy enough forming a bonnet,What grade of aluminium is used for this ??
Thanks
Craig
|
|
|
|
|
fesycresy
|
| posted on 4/4/09 at 11:04 AM |
|
|
I would use 1.2mm.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up.
|
|
|
smart51
|
| posted on 4/4/09 at 11:28 AM |
|
|
I have the same problem. You have to grind out the old gel coat along the crack and fill with new, then sand back. Remember to cover the gel with
cellotape to make the surface cure (or add wax in styrene, it does the same thing).
|
|
|
thunderace
|
| posted on 4/4/09 at 02:54 PM |
|
|
very inportant!!!
drill a hole at the end of the crack to stop the crack spreading.
|
|
|
Canada EH!
|
| posted on 4/4/09 at 04:05 PM |
|
|
You may want to put a couple of layers of cloth on the underside of the cracks to re-enforce the area were the cracks are forming, then repair the top
portion.
|
|
|
smart51
|
| posted on 4/4/09 at 04:17 PM |
|
|
Two very good points. I did glass the inside before starting the gel. No need to drill though, the gel cracked the whole length of the bonnet
|
|
|
craig_007
|
| posted on 5/4/09 at 01:58 PM |
|
|
Cheers Guys,
At least I now know it's not just mine,I will try and stem the split just now with something on the engine side of the bonnet.
Thanks
Craig
|
|
|
.jpg){kind=avatar}
