ra5ax
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ive smoothed out my car and for about a month it looked the bollocks but now its all starting to crack around the bumper joins ive used smc body filler and p38 and supported the joins from the inside can anyone help as to how i can solve these cracks im getting to the point where im just going to dremel them out Cheers (ill post some pics of the problem up.)
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Dean_W
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Don't think you'll be able to do much.
The bumpers vibrate and the car flexes.
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Basscrazy
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it will keep on cracking and cracking will have to redo it all and make sure even if you tug like mad there is no flex what so ever then it wont crack
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woodwardsbodyshop
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should make brackets for under the bumpers to the valances to stop movement, did you use fibreglass? if not do so, and always remember to grind paint down to the metal when putting fibreglass/filler over top
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vibrio
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quote:
Originally posted by ra5ax
ive smoothed out my car and for about a month it looked the bollocks but now its all starting to crack around the bumper joins ive used smc body filler and p38 and supported the joins from the inside can anyone help as to how i can solve these cracks im getting to the point where im just going to dremel them out Cheers (ill post some pics of the problem up.)
don't drive your car. smoothing is silly because it cracks.
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MR2Mike
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vibrio is right. it happened to me on my last car. ill never smooth a kit in again. just rip them off mate and bond new arch covers etc on
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AdiSRI
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it depends how well its done.
my bodyshop smoothed my rear bumper in about 18 months ago, and i had the saxo smoothed into gsi spoiler and was told that would crack too.
After all this time both still look perfect, its all about the workmanship.
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woodwardsbodyshop
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quote:
Originally posted by vibrio
don't drive your car. smoothing is silly because it cracks.
won't do if done properly
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corsa120
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pathetic answers some of these
agree with above if done properly it will not crack
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woodwardsbodyshop
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if the bodyshop takes there time, it will last a long time, rushed jobs are the ones that crack, i think i took about 2 weeks to do arches, sideskirts and rear bumper, and they are solid, won't be cracking in a hurry
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corsa120
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gettin fed up of ppl like vibrio's pathetic answers to things, i had my airdam and rieger bumpers soothed in and rieger ones has so far lasted 4 years and airdam 6 months so far
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woodwardsbodyshop
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same here, fed up of people slagging stuff off because it not gone right for them
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corsa120
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glad some u think same m8y anyways good luck with it and hope goes well this time m8
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3CorsaMeal
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i've seen people actually dent/knock in the metal around area to be filled if its a straight line, so that the fibreglass is spreading over a big weird shaped area, rather than following an edge
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woodwardsbodyshop
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never seen that done before, but i can figure out why the think it will work
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MR2Mike
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quote:
Originally posted by woodwardsbodyshop
same here, fed up of people slagging stuff off because it not gone right for them
we arent slagging it off, were trying to save other peoples money for them, because we have learned from our own mistakes with cars
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woodwardsbodyshop
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well i am trying to say that if you get it done properly it won't crack and won't be a waste of money
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