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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 02:32 PM
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Clues on how to repair a cracked front lip? (urethane)

I've got a GReddy front lip. I didn't install it properly and the back plate that wraps around into the fender well snapped off.

It doesn't have to be the strongest repair in the world, but has anyone ever repaired/glued/bonded/epoxied a similar material? What did you use? How do you strengthen it?

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Old Jan 2, 2004 | 05:21 PM
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can you post a pic of where it broke? if the repair doesn't have to be pretty, pop rivets are a good way to go, but they're ugly. plastic epoxies are a ***** to use, but places like hell depot and OSH sell them, and kragen might have something more car specific. other than that, there are plastic welding tools, but they run about $100 -- it'd be cheaper to buy a new lip than one of those i'd guess.
Old Jan 3, 2004 | 12:39 AM
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ah Jason sorry to hear that. i got the used greddy lip that was already cracked and I used Epoxy glue and i think its still holding. I was in San Jose yesterday and I must of scraped the thing like 5 times because of their stupid roads and unexpected dips. I was going into the bestbuy parking lot down there and I was going like 15-20mph and there was a dip for what reason I dont know and I didnt see it and I totally slammed the lip. I didnt see any damage.
Old Jan 3, 2004 | 07:48 AM
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Well, in my searching I found that, yes, epoxies/adhesives are the way to go. It seems there are also these crazy-expensive heat gun systems... for which I'd just buy another lip or go into the bumper repair business. So here's what I'm going to try:

Through web crawling I found FinishMasters.com and when I called them they told me they have the SEM line of products (http://www.sem.ws) Appearantly its meant for just this type of repair. $36 for twin-tube adhesesive.

So around 9am today I'm dropping my lady off at work and I head off to FinishMasters. At which point I'll come back and take some pics of the damage.

jason

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Old Jan 3, 2004 | 06:24 PM
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You know I fixed mine. I fixed it with an epoxy adhesive i got from tap plasitcs. Then i reinforced the bottom lip with fiberglass. IT has held on pretty well so far with no sign of weakness.
Old Jan 3, 2004 | 09:40 PM
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ed, you have to redo your front lip
Old Jan 4, 2004 | 02:15 PM
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all i have to do is repaint it and add a better clear coat.
Old Jan 14, 2004 | 02:23 PM
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Wow that's the worst way to do this. I'll post what I did very soon. Worked wonders. Cost ~$30 and is flexible.

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