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				boomerangs
				Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:40 pm
				by rthrbfishn
				I have found a couple cracks in the plastic callouts on the hood.  What is a good repair for these?  There are three attaching studs that have twisted out of the plastic that need repair too.  Perhaps epoxy some studs in?
			 
			
					
				Re: boomerangs
				Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:16 am
				by RS23U1E
				I had some damage to my air grabber door - which I THINK is made of the same material.  While they weren't cracks, they were areas where the material has gotten soft and deeply pitted.  I used plain old fiberglass epoxy and it seems to have made the repaired areas stronger than the original, and has bonded well.
If it were me - I would put some fiberglass epoxy and matting on the inside first to reinforce the area good.  Probably several inches on each side of the cracks.  On the outside I would dremel out some narrow channels to widen the cracks and fill with fiberglass epoxy, then sand smooth.
			 
			
					
				Re: boomerangs
				Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:01 pm
				by Eric
				make sure you drill a small hole at the end of the crack too....that will keep it from growing
			 
			
					
				Re: boomerangs
				Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:26 pm
				by 72Satellite440
				JB weld is a great epoxy id try that one first-'
72Satellite440-Dan
			 
			
					
				Re: boomerangs
				Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:22 am
				by rthrbfishn
				Thanks for the ideas.. I'll let you know how it turns out.