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Plastic grille repair? #102631
08/10/08 10:11 PM
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I've got a sharktooth grille for my duster and there are two cracks in it. What have you guys used before to repair a plastic grille? And any tips on doing the repairs? Thanks.

Re: Plastic grille repair? [Re: 71blueduster] #102632
08/10/08 10:55 PM
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Try Testors liquid cement in the bottle (not the tube).

Re: Plastic grille repair? [Re: In_The_Pink] #102633
08/10/08 11:58 PM
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Quote:

Try Testors liquid cement in the bottle (not the tube).




Never thought of that, although I was thinking more of a 2 part epoxy or something. Anyone?

Re: Plastic grille repair? [Re: 71blueduster] #102634
08/11/08 02:46 AM
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Couple of methods.

JB weld will work but I'd stay away from the JB qwik. That stuff started to disintegrate an air grabber set up I had to repair.

If you have a spare grille as a donor, scrape some shaving off of it into some acetone. It eill break doen into a gooey substance, bevel both side of the crack and fill.

Re: Plastic grille repair? [Re: 71blueduster] #102635
08/11/08 02:24 PM
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I used plastic epoxy and a product called Plasti-Fix, which is really cool stuff if you need to repair missing areas.

Also found here, though with a slightly different name:
http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/produ...m_mmc=undefined

Re: Plastic grille repair? [Re: 70Duster440] #102636
08/11/08 04:37 PM
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I did some grille repair work on my 71 Challenger grille (was in 5 pieces). PC-7 worked great for me. Here is a post on how I did it.

http://www.cuda-challenger.com/cc/index.php?topic=36239.0

Ryan







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