carbon fiber splitter

[RobBrown]

have one on my car but touched a high kerb with it any advice on gettin the scratch to look better ??

 

[Tigger]

Got a pic of the damage?

 

[bic]

get a pic up Rob, we can repair this for you as it wil be a gel coat finish.

thanks


Bic

 

[john182rs]

Well lets see if you can do owt with this one then. hit a curb and its kind of 2 splitters now, some one tried to fix it with some thing called tiger glue but it didnt last long, didnt even get it back on the car before it snapped.
heres a couple of links to pictures from what ive just took.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q118/john182rs/P1020131.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q118/john182rs/P1020132.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q118/john182rs/P1020133.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q118/john182rs/P1020134.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q118/john182rs/P1020135.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q118/john182rs/P1020136.jpg

hope thats enough for ya.

 

[bic]

Oh dear, not good John, unfortunately, the splitter is not made using a structurally strong method of manufacture as it uses wet lay carbon backed with fibreglass, a pre preg splitter may well have come off better I would hoped. This can be repaired from behind by laminating some fibreglass/carbon fibre and gel coat resin, time would then need to be spent on the front facing area with more clear coat gel coat, then plenty of flatting. There may well be damage to the weave of the carbon due to the break which without spend enormous amounts of itme is not going to be hidden. It can be rejoined though john, it depends on the finish on the front as to if it will be satisfactory.

Price - Hard to say until we have it, but could be joined back together and neatened up for around £40-50 i should think, depends how m uch time you wish us to spend and how much money baring in mind retail price of new part.

thanks


Bic

 

[john182rs]

Well if you say 40 notes and you could have it right up till december as my car is off road as i am anyways.

 

[D1CKY]

Ouch, i'm always paranoid about damaging my one

Hope you get i fixed mate, and how did you manage to split it ?

I thought the screws that come with it would have been enough to hold it :S