need advice on plastic resins / dash modding
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i'm in the process of mounting six gauges in the door of the center console cubby. i've already made the holes in the door and now i need to cut away some plastic of the cubby assembly.
unfortunately i need to cut away two corners where the mounting screwpoints of the door are located and without those it will be difficult to mount the door nice and flush.
the screwpoints are like long plastic "tubes" only connected to the assembly at their base. my plan is to fill in the space around the tubes with plastic resin so they will be stuck along their length and i can cut away the plastic at their base to make room for the gauges.
i've never worked with plastic resins before but i was thinking to rough up the length of tubes and the surrounding plastic with sandpaper. build a little mould with tape and fill it with a type plastic resin that becomes rock hard after drying.
what do you guys think? will my plan work and what type of resin should i use? i've never worked with any type of resin before.
thnx!
here some pix:
![](http://www.patsboem.com/stuff/gauges1.jpg)
![](http://www.patsboem.com/stuff/gauges2.jpg)
unfortunately i need to cut away two corners where the mounting screwpoints of the door are located and without those it will be difficult to mount the door nice and flush.
the screwpoints are like long plastic "tubes" only connected to the assembly at their base. my plan is to fill in the space around the tubes with plastic resin so they will be stuck along their length and i can cut away the plastic at their base to make room for the gauges.
i've never worked with plastic resins before but i was thinking to rough up the length of tubes and the surrounding plastic with sandpaper. build a little mould with tape and fill it with a type plastic resin that becomes rock hard after drying.
what do you guys think? will my plan work and what type of resin should i use? i've never worked with any type of resin before.
thnx!
here some pix:
![](http://www.patsboem.com/stuff/gauges1.jpg)
![](http://www.patsboem.com/stuff/gauges2.jpg)
![](http://www.patsboem.com/stuff/gauges3.jpg)
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thnx. yeah it looks really clean and nice. i don't like a-pillars and i needed space for six gauges so to me this seemed the best place to put them.. good location, clean and minimal modding of the interior.
it was quite nerv recking to saw the holes but i got them pretty much spot on so happy with that (:
i should be getting my gauges next week... once i do i will post a picture of the door with the gauges installed and later on i will post pix when they are in the car and working.
it was quite nerv recking to saw the holes but i got them pretty much spot on so happy with that (:
i should be getting my gauges next week... once i do i will post a picture of the door with the gauges installed and later on i will post pix when they are in the car and working.
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CA Glue and accelerator works great for plastic work.
I've done a TON of molding of parts and plastic work on interiors as a car audio installer. If you're good with the plastic work and the CA you won't even need any filler.
Edit. I just realized you're trying to fill larger areas... Look into the 3M Duramix line of products. They make some great plastic repair products.
I've done a TON of molding of parts and plastic work on interiors as a car audio installer. If you're good with the plastic work and the CA you won't even need any filler.
Edit. I just realized you're trying to fill larger areas... Look into the 3M Duramix line of products. They make some great plastic repair products.
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it will be very hard to fit 6 gauges in there, especially if you need to keep the door mechanism and it would mean a lot more custom plastic fabbing which i have no experience with.
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pick up some "plastic weld" from autozone. the stuff works great, its rock hard in almost 5 minutes, ive used it to repair the fairings on stunt bikes and when the bike would crash again, the plastics would break around the repaired area and never through the repaired area. Also I used it to stick threaded studs on a fiberglass body kit and repair broken interior pieces on my z. You can also stick pieces of fiberglass in it to reinforce. Costs like 5.99.
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thnx.
i already went to a specialized resin shop that advised me some polyester laminating resin which bonds very well to hard plastics like abs and pvc.
i already used it and started grinding with my dremel.. i will post some pix later one.
i already went to a specialized resin shop that advised me some polyester laminating resin which bonds very well to hard plastics like abs and pvc.
i already used it and started grinding with my dremel.. i will post some pix later one.
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