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> Fiberglass Fender Flares HELP!, the paint around the fender flares is cracking.
chrispy
post May 13 2009, 01:09 AM
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The paint on my 914 where the fiberglass fender flares are attached to the body is cracking (and separating?). What do I do? Any suggestions would be appreciated. We just purchased the car and had a similar problem with the last 914 we owned. We are looking to do body work and repaint this car so any ideas or proven success would be wonderful to know about! Thanks so much!
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post May 13 2009, 11:45 AM
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It may have to do with the bondo used to blend the flares onto the car. Using regular bondo putty will crack a lot easier than a long strand bondo hair. When we put the complete 916 body kit on my car we used long strand bondo hair for the majority of the body work. Once we got everything blended well with bondo hair, we used a small amount of bondo putty to really make it blend smoothly and also putty sands smoother that bondo hair. The reason to use the bondo putty is because bondo hair doesn't spread out well, it likes to hold together(which leads to a stronger bond between metal and glass). Ive been driving the car every day and no cracks yet.

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