Fiberglass M3 fenders bonded to steel fenders, help!

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  • Nonspec325
    Member
    • Jul 2009
    • 79

    #1

    Fiberglass M3 fenders bonded to steel fenders, help!

    Hey all.

    I have a 1986 e30 coupe that the owner before me added M3 front and rear fender flares.

    The fronts are all metal so thats not a problem, but the backs are fiberglass that have been mounted someway to the original metal of the car.

    I'm guessing they wernt mounted properly because after a few autocrosses I get a long crack where the seam is between the fenders and the body. I'm getting tired of sanding and re-priming because the cracks always come back! How do I fix this once and for all? (Ther than removing the fenders and selling them to someone)

    I have heard of a metal/fiberglass epoxy... is this the way to go.

    Please dont hate me for having M3 flares on a eta... I bought it that way. I'm just trying to make it work. :o
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  • Naplm00
    E30 Mastermind
    • Nov 2008
    • 1573

    #2
    clean and prep the innner mating surfaces than use 3M or SEM patch panel bonder

    you will need to buy a special $60 caulking gun and a 40 dollar cartridge but, it will never come off
    88 325ic ~~~> Rusty and ugly
    85 E ~~~> RIP

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    • E30QC
      Wrencher
      • Mar 2009
      • 214

      #3
      I don't mind the combo that much, better then a none db equipped fake, this way is like hommage to the m3 while retaining the german autobahn storming muscle car look... that just me though..

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      • aintnothang
        Mod Crazy
        • Aug 2008
        • 743

        #4
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