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Wrighty

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Registered: 28th Feb 04
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15th Dec 05 at 22:12

my gsi front is missing the 2 triangley shape mounts that attatch with the first bolt of the arch parts. theyre completely missing and you can see where someone has tryed to glue some on and failed

has anyone any ideas how i could repair this ie using fiberglass or something

if not im gona get a facelift corsa b bumper and get it painted

Jafster

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16th Dec 05 at 00:13

fiberglass would be a waste of time as its plastic and needs to flex..
i would add a metal plate of some sort and drill holes and secure it with washer/bolts then skim the holes wiith filler

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16th Dec 05 at 00:58

Plastic weld some new mounts on. Skimming the bumper with filler would really be contradicting your first statement...

Wrighty

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16th Dec 05 at 11:29

cheers ed how do i go about plastic welding mate?

RobHayes

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16th Dec 05 at 13:54

how i'd do it:
get a cheap bumper from a scrapyard (possibly a damaged one but with tho 2 clips intact so its a bit cheaper)
cut off the 2 clips
plastic weld them onto the GSi bumper (use a soldering iron to melt the plastic together)
job done

mwg

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16th Dec 05 at 14:17

do it how I said in your for sale post in the classifieds

Wrighty

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16th Dec 05 at 15:54

will dig out the forsale thread lol

Wrighty

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16th Dec 05 at 16:06

quote:
Originally posted by Matty G

quote:
Originally posted by yzjon
the 2 bits that attatch under the first bolt of the arches are missing, so would need tiger sealing to your car

The mounts can be repaired! You could either have mounts made up from fibreglass or do what I had done with mine as one of my mounts had snapped off.
My mate chopped a bit of plastic of an area of the bumper thats not seen (on the underneath where the splitter covers it up) then cut to the same shape and size as the original mounting point, then counter sunk screwed it into the bumper at the right place, skimmed over to hide screws, plastic welded the new mount to the bumper then fibreglassed on the back of the bumper between the new mount and the bumper. It looks like the original one but is actually much stronger