Plastic Repair?
Dadd 24 Jan 2007
Anyone here done any plastic repair on a 1g CRX?
The wide exterior plastic panel on my passenger side door has developed a north/south crack...it wasn't there a month ago . I just replaced the driver's side door due to that and a bad window regulator. The local dealership wants $186 just for that panel so I replaced the entire door for $125 (junkyard).
Finding a replacement panel is like finding chicken's teeth...they just don't exist here in middle GA. Is there a Bondo like product out there that works on plastic, or do I have to invest in a plastic welder?
The wide exterior plastic panel on my passenger side door has developed a north/south crack...it wasn't there a month ago . I just replaced the driver's side door due to that and a bad window regulator. The local dealership wants $186 just for that panel so I replaced the entire door for $125 (junkyard).
Finding a replacement panel is like finding chicken's teeth...they just don't exist here in middle GA. Is there a Bondo like product out there that works on plastic, or do I have to invest in a plastic welder?
Omega Mugen 24 Jan 2007
Plastic stuff is not worth repairing. It is cheap and gets brittle with age. Replacement is the best option. I have patched the back of plastic panels with fiberglass before, only to keep the crack from getting bigger.
GENONE 24 Jan 2007
hi Dadd.
ive done some plastic welding on both my gen1 crxs - header panels, fenders, door pods and bumpers included... including chunks missing out of the parts and new ones welded in.
If you can spend a day or two playing with a soldering iron - you can fix it...
here is a link to my project crx - its now on the road but there are pics of what it used to be like and how i welded stuff.
http://www.redpepper..._001/?g2_page=2
ive done some plastic welding on both my gen1 crxs - header panels, fenders, door pods and bumpers included... including chunks missing out of the parts and new ones welded in.
If you can spend a day or two playing with a soldering iron - you can fix it...
here is a link to my project crx - its now on the road but there are pics of what it used to be like and how i welded stuff.
http://www.redpepper..._001/?g2_page=2
RFL85CRXSI 24 Jan 2007
Back in the earlier 90's there was a toy truck that had plastic accsorys that you would "weld" on with a plastic welder that came w/ the toy. Unfortunetly this toy, the welder and the plastic welding rods were discontunued w/ in a year of production... If these welding rods were still in production, they would be PERFECT for repairing our plastic parts on out cars!
Omega Mugen 24 Jan 2007
Maybe too many kids ate them and choked to death. That doesn't sound like a safe toy.
pvbcrx 24 Jan 2007
QUOTE (RFL85CRXSI @ Jan 24 2007, 09:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Back in the earlier 90's there was a toy truck that had plastic accsorys that you would "weld" on with a plastic welder that came w/ the toy. Unfortunetly this toy, the welder and the plastic welding rods were discontunued w/ in a year of production... If these welding rods were still in production, they would be PERFECT for repairing our plastic parts on out cars!
Wasn't that the "Spin Welder"? My cousin's kids had that toy. There was a little electric drill thingy, which was used to spin a small "welding" rod on your target parts. From the friction the rod would melt at the tip, tacking the parts together. Naturally the kids tried to weld stuff on each other after they got bored with trying to assemble the truck. Good times, good times.
Hmmm...I'll prowl the flea markets and I might find a way to fix my rocker panels!
RFL85CRXSI 24 Jan 2007
Thats it! Tell you what, that was one of my favorite toys back in the day
RFL85CRXSI 24 Jan 2007
QUOTE (Omega Mugen @ Jan 24 2007, 10:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Maybe too many kids ate them and choked to death. That doesn't sound like a safe toy.
Two words... LONG DARTS!
Lmao!
Edited by RFL85CRXSI, 24 January 2007 - 10:56 PM.
Dohc_87hatch 25 Jan 2007
hey buddy if you have aim or yahoo please shoot me a message and i will go over step by step how to repair that sucker.
RexKrazy 25 Jan 2007
Dohc_87hatch 25 Jan 2007
if you sand with a high speed mini sander and it starts to melt its non abs , if it sands like bondo and dusts up its abs.
ChrisF-dude 25 Jan 2007
If you fix it or replace it get a front strut tower brace to reduce flexing and cracking more panels.
'85-SI 09 Nov 2008
I asked the same question a while back and Sgt.Pepper had this little magic trick...give it a try.
http://www.redpepper...mp;#entry411149
http://www.redpepper...mp;#entry411149