Can this be re-fibreglassed?

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Can this be re-fibreglassed?

Postby SSIKness666 » Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:50 pm

Rear spoiler. My guess is no.
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Re: Can this be re-fibreglassed?

Postby HyRax » Sat Feb 02, 2013 4:48 pm

How did you manage to do that?

I'd probably ring around a few wreckers and find out how much a Gen3 spoiler would be - might be the same price as repairing that.
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Re: Can this be re-fibreglassed?

Postby Rosey » Sat Feb 02, 2013 5:03 pm

Sure can be, with a little time and effort. As above though I'd look for a new one, then you can practice fibreglassing and bogging on the old one and have a spare. ;)
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Re: Can this be re-fibreglassed?

Postby BUDDAH » Sat Feb 02, 2013 5:23 pm

Thats a easy repair .Try to cut a piece of wood with a screw hook in it make it as large as possible to fit through the hole then pull it so its flat with the in sided then just glass it up with a bit of glass mat .
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Re: Can this be re-fibreglassed?

Postby SSIKness666 » Sat Feb 02, 2013 10:36 pm

BUDDAH wrote:Thats a easy repair .Try to cut a piece of wood with a screw hook in it make it as large as possible to fit through the hole then pull it so its flat with the in sided then just glass it up with a bit of glass mat .


Thanks, that makes complete sense.

Is there any suitable wood to use?

Is there another name for glass mat eg. brand/product name? Google search results showed it is also called glass cloth, however I can't find anything on bunnings.com.au
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Re: Can this be re-fibreglassed?

Postby BUDDAH » Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:59 pm

Any wood would do the reason for using wood is that the resin sticks to the wood like shit to a blanket . Have repaired many holes in boats this way :wink:

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http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_trks ... &_from=R40
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Re: Can this be re-fibreglassed?

Postby SSIKness666 » Sun Feb 03, 2013 7:10 pm



Should I be looking for anything specific, or just a fibreglass repair resin as listed with those search results?
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