Hi there,

I've extended in width my jago wings by cutting them and glassing in a new centre piece. Now when I did this I made a wiggly cut to make the join longer and to help stop cracking, I also glassed in some rubber hose on the underside to create some box sections for strength, my question is should I now grind off the top surface and chamfer it out and then lay a couple of layers of csm in so it's effectively joined on both sides or just leave it as it is fill sand and paint, baring in mind I want to do everything possible to help prevent cracking











Thanks in advance
Greg

You have done exemplary patching.. so far.
Yes you could make it stronger.. BUT it will not matter a whit when you smack the next tree.
And if for steet/poser use? it needs only be strong enough to support its paint.

Ideally you should have chamfered the edge before you glassed the patch (on the back side of the part), but I certainly wouldn't do it now... I would sand flat, spray some high primer, flat that back and then spray as normal on top. There is a risk you get a crack appearing at a later date, but I think it is unlikely.

Superb news, even better as I did chamfer the back edge before glassing, so it should be a nice strong joint, good to hear
On to the other side

[Edited on 23/8/13 by corrado vr6]

yep just paint it , high build polyester reface underneath the paint.

you could grind the join out and put some choppers in , but thats more like repairing an old crack...

i would protect the underside with a liner as the first big stone/object to get flicked up by your tyres will put a lovely star crack in it .....

Nice idea about the liner!