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moddedcorsa |
posted on 10th Jun 03 at 19:47 |
thanks guys, thats what im gonna do now, just need the bumper, Cheers | |
STEvieXE |
posted on 9th Jun 03 at 21:26 |
that would be a gd plan to matt over the bottom for extra strength. should be ok anyway tho coz if u match the plastic etc, plastic welding is about 80% as strong as the original. we do it alot on bikes etc that r damaged at the place where i work on saturdays | |
moddedcorsa |
posted on 8th Jun 03 at 12:19 |
cool, p40, that fiberglass filler? and is p38 the normal smooth white filler? | |
Kris TD |
posted on 8th Jun 03 at 12:02 |
when i removed the grills from my pre 97 front i cut them out, then soldered a piece of plastic under the gap, then fibreglass matted the bottom of the plastic, then skimmed over the top with p40 then p38 , it hasnt cracked or anything. | |
moddedcorsa |
posted on 8th Jun 03 at 12:00 |
yeah i was planning on doin it from the bottom, and i think ill fibreglass it underneath aswell, or skim some bumper filler stuff over it | |
Kris TD |
posted on 8th Jun 03 at 08:59 |
use a soldering iron and do it from the underside. to se secure i would still fibreglass matt all over the bottom of the plastic once on. | |
moddedcorsa |
posted on 7th Jun 03 at 11:48 |
thats what im gonna use, just wanted to smooth the pannel out, but im not gonna bother now. | |
Kris TD |
posted on 6th Jun 03 at 23:31 |
just thought, why dont u get a post 97 rear bumper and start from that, they have the towing eye covered. | |
STEvieXE |
posted on 6th Jun 03 at 21:54 |
theres no way u could smooth in the cover of towing eye and still use it unless u were prepered to cut the bumper if needed. unless u made a cut out or something and meshed it up and then if needed cut the mesh | |
STEvieXE |
posted on 6th Jun 03 at 21:51 |
u need to find a match to the plastic when ur plastic welding. for instance if ur wanna weld pp plastic ( all plastic parts r coded on the inside to tell u what type of plastic they r made from) not sure if u can weld certain types to other types but im sure u probably could. ideally u need to get the same type of plastic. then if u dont have a welder u could do it that way. u could put ur piece in and v out the edges of new bit and old bumper then melt them together with ur soldering iron. but itll be a tad rough. worth a try tho. also after welding the piece in i wouldnt bother fibrefilling it or ur back to the same situation as u would be in if u just f/glassed it coz its very rigid. just use the bumper filler. u wouldnt need to go to halfords, just said that as an example. u could get that sort of stuff in any motor factors. | |
moddedcorsa |
posted on 6th Jun 03 at 20:32 |
ps any more help with the towing eye situation? Any 1 got pics/diagrams of how the towing eye works on a vectra?? all i know is theres a wee cap in the bumper. any 1? | |
moddedcorsa |
posted on 6th Jun 03 at 20:30 |
cheers stevie, thats exactly what i wanna know. | |
STEvieXE |
posted on 4th Jun 03 at 21:39 |
the number plate hole i would cut out and for the best way to do it would be plastic weld a piecer of plastic into it and then just stopper it till its flush. u can use the fibrefil/isopon way which should do the job nicely but without a doubt the plastic welding would be the best option. only thing is no alot of people can plastic weld. need to find a bodyshop that can do it. as for the bumper lines, i would use fibrefill then smooth off with bumper fill. u can get this stuff in halfords, not to dear and its designed for using on plastics so its highly flexible. | |
newboy |
posted on 4th Jun 03 at 21:09 |
to cover the number plate light hole cut it out completely then find abit of thin plastis. heat it up, then bent to fit in the back , then fibreglass in position. then just fibo and filler over the top | |
Kris TD |
posted on 4th Jun 03 at 19:59 |
ive also repaired plastic bumpers using this method and they havent cracked or anything. | |
Kris TD |
posted on 4th Jun 03 at 19:58 |
i havent done it exactly but have done similar. removed the grills on my old pre 97 front and smoothed out rigdes on fibreglass bumpers. | |
moddedcorsa |
posted on 4th Jun 03 at 19:43 |
cheers every1 | |
Kris TD |
posted on 4th Jun 03 at 06:16 |
to be honest its a bit big to fill the hole. i would cut the back off the rigde to there is a slit the whole legth of the bumper, then use fibreglass matt on the back of the hole, then use fibreglass strand filler then smooth it with body filler. this way you will only have a few mm of filler rather than like 2 cm of it, it would probably crack if you just filled it completely, plus you would use shit loads. as for the number plate light, cut the lumpy bit off and use the same method as above, you matting then fill over the top. | |
Fear |
posted on 3rd Jun 03 at 23:51 |
I did away with the hole in my reiger rear for towing ring cuz i thought if i was in teh position where i would need it(eg in a ditch) then i could just take the bumper off and use original!!!!!! | |
Icy |
posted on 3rd Jun 03 at 23:43 |
shud do on rear tow eye. | |
moddedcorsa |
posted on 3rd Jun 03 at 21:49 |
whats the bast way to smooth lines out on std post 97 bumpers? just fiberglass filler then normal filler? (I know that fiberglass/filler dont work that well with abs), what do you use? |