FiberGlassing Group A Front Bar

[PaRaDoX]

hey guys, took the front bar into the panel shop today they said it was too much work for them (pfft cry more :P) it just looks a mess, he didnt even inspect it just has 1 layer of paint and 3 overcoats badly applied,

it also has 1x 5c peice hole, and 1 crack.. nothing majour, my group A rear bar was in worse condition

for the crack what do people reccomend for strength? fiberglass matting with resin layed overtop then kahglass to fill the hole and bog to smooth it (matting for strength)

got heaps of bog gotta get a new power sander as i blew my old one up on my grpa rear bar and im NOT doing this one by hand

[cracker]

id buy some matt and resin
barce it all up
tap and bits of ply, put the resin down on ther back of the bar
then matt then more resing let it good off sand it and repater
then fill the hole/indent with filler thats what idid

[xcop5l]

yeah fiber glass is the way to go. it will have more strength than it had before

[Shortstuff]

I don't know if this thread might help you out a bit?

[nemodore]

matt it from behind with chop strand matt then two wet mattings of woven matt, the bog on the outside needs to be sanded back by hand or you will have a massive woppi, file it back if you need to then use spray putty and block it back by hand is the easiest way. need help just pm me ,i am a spray painter/panel beater by trade.

[PaRaDoX]

cheers man

was going to use resin to secure matting but will bog do insted??? got heaps of bog here, like absoulutely HEAPS, like enough to make a replica of some tits outta bog..... probbly will be fiberglassing saturday then taking it to the panel shop on monday, have it sprayed and get it on

[Emackulation]

At home I have a tin of bog and a tin of bog with shards of fibreglass through it. If you wanted some extra strength I would use the bog with shards of fibreglass in it. Bog by itsself is tuff stuff, but It never hurts to add a little mesh.

[PaRaDoX]

auto bahn sell some stuff called KAHGLASS, its stronger than bog, think that'd be the go with fiberglass matting????

[Emackulation]

Thats the stuff ive got man, KAHGLASS. It should have shards of fibreglass with bog mixed in one. You wont need any matting if you use the KAHGLASS, its solid as a rock on heat!

[PaRaDoX]

kk cool ill use that then, gotta do it today so i geuss ill go kiss the rest of my money goodbye, not fair ive spent like $100 in 2 days, got my car back with about 10L of fuel in it..... it went in with around 40L GRRRRRR and they said they towed it to the chassis shop which means that they must of left it idling for a fer hours!!!!!

[Emackulation]

Lol $100 in 2 days, I spent like $500 in the first 2 days then another $1800. Sounds like you bumper is guna be Ace.

[greenfoam]

By some proper glass and resin man, just fix it like you would a surfboard, I'm sure there are some kind of surfers forums around on the internet with fibreglass tech on them that you can read ?

[Emackulation]

Para has already bought the Kahglass and applied it, he was waiting for it to dry then sand it back. He sais its as solid as a rock on heat.

[Reaper]

By some proper glass and resin man, just fix it like you would a surfboard, I'm sure there are some kind of surfers forums around on the internet with fibreglass tech on them that you can read ?

Wot he says. Body filler has no strength and fibrofill (or similar) is only a little better. Glass and resin is the strong, easy to use and cheap too. Besides being the right stuff to use, with a little work, the repair will be un-detectable.

Other places to look for info are boat repair websites and sailing forums.

Reaper

[PaRaDoX]

yeah the kahglass actually worked good, used a 1cm coat behind the crack, was looking at car that looked identical to vp lukes and ran into teh gutter with the new bumper, it didnt crack so i must have done a half decant job :P andso scraped it on something

[Emackulation]

ROFL, you've already hit your new bumper! Sheesh KaPeesh!