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Predator Corsa
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17th Apr 05 at 11:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
When people have there arches smoothed in do they have any problems like, then cracking?

Any help please
corb
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17th Apr 05 at 11:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what arches ya got?
Predator Corsa
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17th Apr 05 at 11:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
euro extention 1's just there not the flush to the car, so was gonna fibre glass em in
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17th Apr 05 at 11:46   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ive had no trouble at all with my psg one since i had them flushed in about this time last year.

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17th Apr 05 at 16:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
a little on the front ones, ut if you use fibreglass sheeting rather then the tin stug it should be strong enough
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17th Apr 05 at 16:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
as long as its done properly it should be alrite!
Rus
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17th Apr 05 at 16:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
pics please
ed
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17th Apr 05 at 16:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Mine are cracking a little bit. I wonder why that is
RichR
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18th Apr 05 at 08:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
depends how your going to do it - when you say fibreglass - do u actually mean "pink shit in a can2 P40 - with a skim of filelr - as this WILL crack

u ideally need to use three layers of fibreglass ( A Chop Strand Matt, Bi-axial matt, CSM sandwich) finished with a surface tissue and the slightest skim of filler

UIf u want it to be amazingly strong you also need to fibreglass the underside of the arch
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18th Apr 05 at 08:50   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Koni's bodyshop is the only place I know apart from me that does it properly - Ive seen soem real bodge jobs from "accident repair" centres
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18th Apr 05 at 08:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the guy i use was willing to do mine properly, but wanted a fair bit of money for the pleasure, im gonna be attempting it myself, getting more confident with the old CSM and resin now...
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18th Apr 05 at 11:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
u really need at least one layer of Bi-ax(woven Roving) in as well - chop strand doesnt have the particular strength properties that you need

 
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