Now then folks
My bonnet has cracked on the lip of the back of the bonnet (underneath wind screen) and also half way along one of the wings...
Has anyone successfully repaired their own using fibreglass? I was thinking of setting in some aluminium angle strips into it but wondered if it was over kill?
Thanks
Fibreglass Bonnet Repair
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Re: Fibreglass Bonnet Repair
I would have thought that you would be better trying to form a small (mini?
)box section using cardboard or expanded foam as a former rather than metal......provided you've got the space.

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Re: Fibreglass Bonnet Repair
Are you trying to avoid painting.if not why not mig weld it ,putting a small metal plate at the back..remove bonnet and take to a body shop if you don't have a mig .I recon its a £25 job ,unless in London then£250 

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Re: Fibreglass Bonnet Repair
id love to see a mig welded repair on a fibre glass bonnet..............Nick W wrote:Are you trying to avoid painting.if not why not mig weld it ,putting a small metal plate at the back..remove bonnet and take to a body shop if you don't have a mig .I recon its a £25 job ,unless in London then£250

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Re: Fibreglass Bonnet Repair
I pesumed it was a steel bonnetrich@minispares.com wrote:id love to see a mig welded repair on a fibre glass bonnet..............Nick W wrote:Are you trying to avoid painting.if not why not mig weld it ,putting a small metal plate at the back..remove bonnet and take to a body shop if you don't have a mig .I recon its a £25 job ,unless in London then£250


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Re: Fibreglass Bonnet Repair
Mind you I did once set fire to a plastic pigNick W wrote:I pesumed it was a steel bonnetrich@minispares.com wrote:id love to see a mig welded repair on a fibre glass bonnet..............Nick W wrote:Are you trying to avoid painting.if not why not mig weld it ,putting a small metal plate at the back..remove bonnet and take to a body shop if you don't have a mig .I recon its a £25 job ,unless in London then£250![]()

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Re: Fibreglass Bonnet Repair
MICHAELS OF SELBY Garage burned down in the 70s and that was full of PLASTIC PIGS







