How can I fix a cracked plastic piece inside my engine compartment. Its in the front right in front of the drivers side headlight, and before the front bumper. It runs about .75 feet from right to left. Can it be melted back in place kind of like soddering?????
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94 Formula LT1 (Aqua Metallic) - Auto. - 104,000 miles - Charcoal Leather Mods: Magnaflow Muffler, Lingenfelter CAI, MadZ28 Tune, 160F Hyp. T-Stat., 1LE Elbow, & Summit Cutout. Options: 155 MPH Gauge Cluster, & 255-50ZR-16 Tires. -
HAve you researched the cost of a new one? If its a $15.00 part you might not want to mess around trying to fix it.
Alot of those plastic parts are cheap.Tracy
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Ditto.Originally posted by LimTeng99TransAm
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Its the plastic piece that the front bumper cover is attached too. Looks like a ALOT of work to remove it. I would rather just try to repair the 1 on the car if its possible. (Easier.) Doesn't need to look that good just make it more sturdy, and to prevent further cracking.94 Formula LT1 (Aqua Metallic) - Auto. - 104,000 miles - Charcoal Leather Mods: Magnaflow Muffler, Lingenfelter CAI, MadZ28 Tune, 160F Hyp. T-Stat., 1LE Elbow, & Summit Cutout. Options: 155 MPH Gauge Cluster, & 255-50ZR-16 Tires.Comment
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You'd be surprised at how easy it is to pull the front body panels off these cars. I can have the entire front nose cover off my car in 20 minutes. Another 15 minutes for both the fenders. It's really not that big a deal.Originally posted by EquatorHeat00Tracy
2002 C5 M6 Convertible
1994 Z28 M6 Convertible
Current Mods:
SLP Ultra-Z functional ramair, SS Spoiler, STB, SFCs, Headers, Clutch, Bilstein Shocks, and TB Airfoil. 17x9 SS rims with Goodyear tires, 160F T-Stat, MSD Blaster Coil, Taylor wires, Hurst billet shifter, Borla catback with QTP e-cutout, Tuned PCM, 1LE Swaybars, 1LE driveshaft, ES bushings, White gauges, C5 front brakes, !CAGS, Bose/Soundstream audio, CST leather interior, synthetic fluids
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Their are composite plastic repair kits. Can you provide a picture so that we could see exactly what you are talking about.Originally posted by EquatorHeat00
And like Tracy mentioned, it it fairly easy to remove the front bumper cover (valance).Comment
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Cut a piece of sheet metal big enough to cover the crack with plenty of over lap to either side of the crack. Rough up the plastic piece and the sheet metal lightly with a little bit of sandpaper. Mix up some epoxy which you can get anywhere (such as WalMart) if you don't already have some and put it over the area that the sheet metal will cover. Put the sheet metal on top of the expoxy and then cover the top side of the sheet metal with epoxy also. When all that hardens up (takes about 8 hours) it will be stronger than the original. I have fixed numerous items like this and it works great.Dave S
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