Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Rear Valance crack starting or started...

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 1
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous template Next
    #1

    Rear Valance crack starting or started...

    Has anyone had this problem before? I tried searching and couldn't find anything about it...

    I'm not sure if this was installed wrong or what but this was a small crack that got bigger quick... I drive on an interstate almost every day hitting 80 easy and need to fix this thing somehow before it gets much worse!

    If you look closely in the second pic you can see a yellowish spot which looks like epoxy...maybe this started to break before I purchased the car and this was the "repair"? Also, most hard to get to areas of the car of that friggin wax build up compliments of the PO in case anyone was wondering if I knew how to wipe excess wax off trim.

    Does anyone have any recommendations on a certain type of epoxy or other bonding agents?




    instagram: @tonerrrr
    High resolution E30 Fuse Box 300dpi PNG
    Tags: None
    #2
    Is that drivers side? You can have my old one but im sure someone closer has one

    Why not just get a new to you one?

    -Alex
    sigpic

    Comment

      #3
      Yep, drivers side. The rest is in pretty good shape. I appreciate the offer but shipping would probably be $$$ and don't really know of anyone in pickup distance with a good one.

      I'm pretty new to the e30 scene, and don't really have any friends with e30s. I do have a buddy with a e36 m3, but that doesn't count!

      instagram: @tonerrrr
      High resolution E30 Fuse Box 300dpi PNG

      Comment

        #4
        check junk yards no one wants metal bumper crap

        -Alex
        sigpic

        Comment

          #5
          In case anyone was wondering I took it off and confirmed my suspicion of a bad repair. I found bondo/other crap (that didn't stick) attached to the original plastic and a new metal part the was fitted to replace the plastic in the one area (left side of the crack in the picture). My buddy and I scraped their crap off and re-glued the crack with Hysol epoxy.

          It's funny on the passenger side the plastic was breaking on the screw point. On that one we put some carbon fiber cloth/ca glue behind the screw point to re-enforce it.

          It seems like that's a high stress point for this plastic...I don't think the carbon fiber or properly done epoxy will break now though :D

          instagram: @tonerrrr
          High resolution E30 Fuse Box 300dpi PNG

          Comment

            #6
            Carbon fiber is going to be my new duct tape hahaha. Glad ya got it sorted out.


            Go here be happy!

            Ratchet Garage e30 V8 build.

            Comment

              #7
              Your so good, fixing some 5 daallar junkyard plastic with carbon fibarz.

              -Alex
              sigpic

              Comment

              Previous template Next
              Working...
              X