Plastics Repair

[Deefer666]

Whaddya reckon Deefer, can you do something with this? Got a piece broken off the tail unit too, clean break, was just going to glue it back on, no distortion in the plastic here I think.

Can do that in my sleep mate, Don't use glue or fibreglass as they are a non-flexing substance and the thing with fairings is that they do flex....Only a very minute amount but the do. The vibrations from a bike will cause the crack to re-open or the paint to deform, if done well a repair with glass or glue may last years but will open/split eventually.

What I do is plastic welding (I don't mean a soldering iron and a coat hanger!). Its a proper plastic weld with matched ABS plastic that will be permanent and just as strong as the original panel, ask anyone on here who I have repaired panels for, the down side is that it is a heat process so the paint will need to be redone & there will be a slight scar on the inside of the panel BUT I have repaired both sides of the panel before (a double weld) to leave a flawless finish on the inside but most people dont tend to want this as it cost extra and not many people are bothered by a slight imperfection on the inside of the panel.

This was Exxupnuts fairing after the repair and before the paint, it was split from the corner of the headlight and the middle of the headlight to the edge of the panel. if you look carefully you can see the weld but once it is painted you are left with an invisible repair.