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225 Posts Member #: 3772 Senior Member Wigan |
30th Sep, 2012 at 08:31:29pm
hi all quick question. I have a fibreglass bonnet which is sitting proud in the middle at the front. Now if it was steel i know a knee would adjust it into place perfect but hey its fibreglass. My question is what can i do to adjust the centre of the bonnet back. Ive tried ratchet strapping it down but it just springs back. any ideas.
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 3074 Posts Member #: 1348 Post Whore wakefield West Yorks |
30th Sep, 2012 at 08:38:58pm
Not a great deal to be honest, thats what you get with fiberglass bits.
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 2909 Posts Member #: 83 Post Whore Glasgow, Scotland |
30th Sep, 2012 at 08:54:34pm
depending on the resin used you can sometimes reform it with a heat gun, worth a shot if you have an offcut you can practice on. turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)
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225 Posts Member #: 3772 Senior Member Wigan |
30th Sep, 2012 at 09:00:27pm
didnt think about heat. will give it a go.
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1391 Posts Member #: 1686 Post Whore Oxford |
30th Sep, 2012 at 10:27:46pm
The issue you have is that polyester resin is a thermo setting plastic.
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 1183 Posts Member #: 6926 Post Whore Accrington |
1st Oct, 2012 at 10:53:18pm
build up the gap with fibreglass? |
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 9258 Posts Member #: 123 Post Whore Betwix Harrogate and York |
2nd Oct, 2012 at 07:34:06am
I don't think heat will make a sod of differeance.
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 8297 Posts Member #: 408 Turbo Love Palace Fool Aylesbury |
2nd Oct, 2012 at 10:47:15am
The back of my bonnet has sagged due to heat from my manifold, so heat may well help reform it. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fusion-Fabri..._homepage_panel
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2909 Posts Member #: 83 Post Whore Glasgow, Scotland |
2nd Oct, 2012 at 11:47:19am
Like I say depends on the resin, other option is to cut a slit or two , pin the bonet lip to the correct line and then fill with fresh glass and resin. turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)
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 270 Posts Member #: 69 Senior Member Coventry |
3rd Oct, 2012 at 09:49:43pm
think of it like warming and reshaping a easter egg with a hairdrier, a little heat nothing happens a little more and it starts moving a little more heat and the fecking think droops over your rocker cover..... heat can help though its risky trie it with the view your going to cut it and put a bulge in |
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