My skirt (on the car) has been abused by kerbs, rats, rabbits and other countryside dwellers. It's intact, but flapping around.
I'm looking to mend the plastic by 'gluing' thin bits of metal to the back of the plastic where it has split/broken.
Can anyone recommend any specialist 'glue', or will Araldite be ok?
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Try 'No Nails' - I used it to stick a mirror to a windscreen (metal to glass) so metal to plastic should be OK.
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Dogy if the bist of metal fall off and get stuck in a tyre, might be better to mend plastic with plastic.
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Sorry, I meant "Dodgy if the bits of metal ......"
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Some plastic brackets that hold the skirt in place have snapped, so I thought some stiffening bits plus an odd pop rivet or two might help.
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Buy some new plastic brackets. That'll probably give the whole thing enough stiffness to keep it in place. Worth checking how much they'll cost, but likely to be less than you expect.
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I find Evostick ideal. (I have a TIN ~ 0.25litres).
Spread on both sides, allow to dry and then press together. Clean off surplus with white spirit in a day or so.
I use rubber gloves as it all tends to be rather messy and use some masking tape in case of misatakes.
madf
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I agree with mapmaker. Eurocarparts sell all the relevant plastic brackets at a suprisingly low cost. This won't help if you have a Toyota though!
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Quite a few of the body kits fitted by the "younger" element are glued on. If there is a local outlet, they may stock the stuff.
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It is not one of the aftermarket Chav kits, but the standard Pug 306 front valance type thinggie.
All in one with moulded plastic brackets with a hole that bolts to the bodywork. Either I repair it, or spend shed loads at the Pug dealer for a colour coded new one.
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Having twice had collisions with wildlife at speed(a large fox,and a pheasant)both of which caused damage to the front valance of my cars.The first car had a glass fibre valance,the second and most recent(last month)is plastic.Rather than pay hundreds of pounds for replacements i repaired the damage using carbon fibre matting and resin(wet lay-up-resin goes off very quickly and gets very hot-dont get any on your hands-use gloves, also don't get any on any other part of your paintwork as it will not come off).If you have a composite company near you i am sure they would let you have some for a small price.Using this method the repair will be stronger than before.I was able to get some from my old employers(f1 team)
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>If you have a composite company near you
I'm in the middle of rural N Yorks, so probably not.
I'll try an auto factors - you never know.
But what you suggest sounds spot on.
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