87 corvette couupe glove box console base
Slingshot
Joined: Dec 2001
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From: Charlotte NC
Purchase a fiberglass repair kit at your local Lowes or Home Depot. Repair the side of the base that will not show that way you can file or sand off any rough edges prior to reinstallation.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 2,018
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From: OR
If it's plastic, another option is to get a cheep plastic welder from harbor freight and melt it back together. I've fixed a few things that way and seems to work fine. For best results, make repair from the side not seen as the other poster said.
Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2011
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To do this right, pull the console out and turn it over. Clean off the cracked area. Get some 1/4" wire mesh and trim a piece to fit over the crack with 1/4 to 1/2" overlap each side. Use a pencil torch to soften the plastic like in welding and press the mesh into the wet plastic. Use a flat tool of some kind to smear the wet plastic over the wire so that its buried. Make sure the crack is closed completely when you start this. It IS permanent.
If you;re lucky the inside will be closed up and tight. The wire mesh reinforces the plastic so that it cannot break in the same place again.
I've repaird both door panels this way and they have held up for several yrs. Dash panels as well. This repair is the same principle as the cloth in fiber-glass.
If you;re unsure, practice on some similar plastic. Just be careful not to burn thru. Its easier than it sounds...
If you;re lucky the inside will be closed up and tight. The wire mesh reinforces the plastic so that it cannot break in the same place again.
I've repaird both door panels this way and they have held up for several yrs. Dash panels as well. This repair is the same principle as the cloth in fiber-glass.
If you;re unsure, practice on some similar plastic. Just be careful not to burn thru. Its easier than it sounds...
