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Repairing Cracked Fairing? which is the best item to use?
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 4:21 am
by niteblade
slight cracks are appearing on my fairings here and there. i think age has caught up with my bodywork
just wondering. whats the best item to fix these fairings? superglue? epoxy? fibre putty? i need it to be pretty heat resistant cos some of the parts i need to patch are near the frame/engine which is darned hot.
Re: Repairing Cracked Fairing? which is the best item to use
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:55 am
by CRM
if proper OE plastics, then a product called plastex.
if its cheapy fibreglass then more fibreglass, if its plastic from a far eastern region bought on ebay, then you may as well buy shares in plastex.
Re: Repairing Cracked Fairing? which is the best item to use
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 1:07 pm
by thrasher
q-bond available on ebay.
used plastex before and found q-bond a lot better/stronger.
dries quicker too
Re: Repairing Cracked Fairing? which is the best item to use
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:32 pm
by LUCAS
thrasher wrote:q-bond available on ebay.
used plastex before and found q-bond a lot better/stronger.
dries quicker too
I used Q-Bond and it worked well. Regarding the drying time..... appoximately a few seconds!! Don't sniff the fumes too much as it starts to make your eyes water
Re: Repairing Cracked Fairing? which is the best item to use
Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:59 pm
by samace
LUCAS wrote:thrasher wrote:q-bond available on ebay.
used plastex before and found q-bond a lot better/stronger.
dries quicker too
I used Q-Bond and it worked well. Regarding the drying time..... appoximately a few seconds!! Don't sniff the fumes too much as it starts to make your eyes water
Same as me qbond ok but fumes terrible !!