Repairing a cracked fairing

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brownie
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Repairing a cracked fairing

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Can anyone recomend a product for repairing a cracked fairing?

Thanks in advance.

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Pete.L
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Depends on how good you want it to look 8O
Cheep way Aroldite :D

More expensive way Plasic weld and a respray

Very Expensive way. Replace it with new :lol: :lol:
What are you looking for?

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Pete.L wrote:What are you looking for?

Pete.l
(sory,bit flippent. Pissed again :lol: )
:lol:

Sorry, should have made myself clearer.

Apparently, according to the chap I bought it off, the bike fell over onto its right hand side. This has left a crack in the right hand side panel, approx 2" long, a piece of the panel has been pushed in a bit. Just want to push it back out and bond it from behind, not bothered about finish as no one will see it.

Araldite sounds the trick then.

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Brownie Said
Araldite sounds the trick then.
Ahh! cheep and easy.
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You can use glassfibre mat and resin for this sort of repair - buy a kit from Halfords.

Plastic welding will produce a tidier finish, there's quite a good guide here
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Plastic repair kits

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Get a small plasic repair kit from your local dealer or one of the mail order companies! It's basically dental acrylic and the kits work very well :!:

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Plastic Repairs...

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I repaired the fairing of my old ZX6-R by lining up the crack(s) and using a soldering iron on the inside to seal.

Worked a treat and was barely visible.


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Re: Plastic Repairs...

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smeggy_smeg wrote:I repaired the fairing of my old ZX6-R by lining up the crack(s) and using a soldering iron on the inside to seal.

Worked a treat and was barely visible.


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Yeah.. I have done that too. It takes a little time and stinks up the apartment but it works great! I used a scrap piece of plastic from another fairing and worked it into the crack area. That process works awesome.

Also, for small hairline cracks you can use this:
http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/amb/amb110.htm
It is like water and flows into the crack from the brush. This isn't like a glue or a patch. The chemicals in it MELT the plastic parts back together. Great stuff.
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