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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 02:09 PM
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Piece was broken out of grill so got out the Gorilla glue; a wooden paint stir and cut the stir stick to fill the void and covered the whole thing with Marine-Tex epoxy putty. I'll show more pictures after the thing has dried, is sanded and painted. I can buy replacement grill if this doesn'r work but see no reason to not try this first.



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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 02:14 PM
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Did just that yesterday, only I used regular epoxy mixed with fiberglass "fume" (fiberglass powder).
Looked fine once sanded flat. Still, since grilles seems to be made of plastic, not sure it will live up to my expectations.
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Old Apr 10, 2013 | 04:24 PM
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it is something what can be fixed....especially for a driver quality car

nice work....cant wait to see the finished product
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it looks great! i love it when guys fix rather than replace! its easy to buy that new part but you just dont get the same satisfaction . or thats how i feel. great idea! i hope it turns out great!
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Bubba and I are not so pleased with this outcome. The Marine Tex didn't want to dry and when it did was hard to sand and had to fill in with spot putty. Looks better, but I'll be ordering new pieces down the road.






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Good job. Looks really good.
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Nice job.
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