Big Red VF-SII Go-kart
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Scrapes and scratches under the front lower fairing are very, very common. Ask any techie what he sees during inspection and he will tell you about the various scrapes, scratches, gouges and fractures visible under the front, most having occurred from running over the top of stop chicanes or curbs, and it will happen again and again irrespective of how careful you are!
Fractures can be repaired with a powdered plastic repair compound (name escapes me at the moment, but it is used to repair windscreen washer bottles, coolant bottles etc.). For scratches and scrapes, an orbital sander with medium grit, then gone over again with fine grit sanding and clean up with metho or turps and dry. Some plastics require a primer, others so-so (many paints are self-priming). Then get a close match can of spray paint and go over the area in sweeps (not static aim and fire), let dry and repeat. I've done this to my previous car (VZ Executive Commodore) where the red paint had been scratched off to reveal the black base plastic. No drama, no tears, no sweat and filled in days of lousy weather.
As I said the scratching will happen again and again and the only sure fire way of avoiding this and the subsequent hissy fits and tears is by avoiding the hazard that causes it completely.
Tyre shine is passé, seriously tragic and anachronistic. Popular in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert time, but the equivalent of doffing Brylcreem on your head into a monster Fonz blow and heading off to work. Ugh.
Fractures can be repaired with a powdered plastic repair compound (name escapes me at the moment, but it is used to repair windscreen washer bottles, coolant bottles etc.). For scratches and scrapes, an orbital sander with medium grit, then gone over again with fine grit sanding and clean up with metho or turps and dry. Some plastics require a primer, others so-so (many paints are self-priming). Then get a close match can of spray paint and go over the area in sweeps (not static aim and fire), let dry and repeat. I've done this to my previous car (VZ Executive Commodore) where the red paint had been scratched off to reveal the black base plastic. No drama, no tears, no sweat and filled in days of lousy weather.
As I said the scratching will happen again and again and the only sure fire way of avoiding this and the subsequent hissy fits and tears is by avoiding the hazard that causes it completely.
Tyre shine is passé, seriously tragic and anachronistic. Popular in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert time, but the equivalent of doffing Brylcreem on your head into a monster Fonz blow and heading off to work. Ugh.