Navaros911

Hi guys and girls,

Judging from the picture below someone messed this up at some point. Both sides look like this... held together with some ridiculous wire.

Now on to the more important elements: how do I fix this?

Some ideas that I came up with:
1/ fibreglass that piece up
2/ tape both sides and inject some epoxy in between
3/ have an aluminum bracket constructed and rivet/bolt it against the rest of the plastic
4/ just drill a hole next to it and screw it into the armrest through that hole

Anybody fixed this before?
Tips?

Thanks in advance,
Michiel

Picture taken with the doorbin off the car and looking from the back to the front. This is the driver's side.

flytech78

plastic weld it....

Babalouie

I hac the same crack on my car. Look for a product called QBond, it's a 2 part adhesive that's used for repairing cracked motorbike fairings. If you do a search, I did a thread on intstalling brake ducts where I used it. I also fixed the crack in the door bin with it, and it's held up fine.

http://q-bond.co.uk/

Get an assistant to hold the part together so that the crack is closed up, and then sprinkle on the QBond powder. Sweep it into a cocaine-esque line over the crack, and press it flat to force some of the powder into gaps in the crack. Then sprinkle a few drops of the activator and it'll set rock hard. Repeat it on the other side of the crack for good luck

(No affiliation, but I do use it a lot)

PNine64

Sorry...it made me laugh.

Good tip...I wouldn't have thought about something for bike fairings (but they do get cracked a fair amount)

Babalouie

Oh no...they're onto me...

power_up

I had stick a plastic backing plate at pocket side and drill the screw hole for the screw. This work for me. You cannot notice the cracks at outside as the backing plate hidden them.

kenloen

do this properly - look up a product called plastex (might be a different product name in the US)

this is what it can do.


I have used to repair the sharkfin clips, its that strong.

Navaros911

It looks like qbond and plastex are the same product... Both use powder and a liquid.

Qbond is avail online and I can have it shipped easily.

I'll wait for some more feedback and place the order tonight.

Thanks for the info guys!

Babalouie

FWIW, here's some QBond that I used to attach some mesh to my RS ducts


Pretty easy to use, you just arrange the powder, and a drop of the fluid later and psssscht. Sets immediately, no waiting to dry

Navaros911

Just ordered some Qbond... give it a week and I should be here.

I can live without door posckets for a while... I just need to get the door handles sorted quickly so I can open and close the doors properly.

I'll post the results on here when the work is done

axl911

That is an easy 5 minutes fix. Get a metal piece or a large washer. Use JB Weld or epoxy to bond the metal/washer to the plastic. Grind down or sand down to smooth. I did it on mine and it came out 100x times stronger than before.

Navaros911

Followed the advice here and went with a product called Qbond.

Used a metal washer and the qbond to crate a stronger part than the original and it saved me some good money too

I also came up with the idea to add an additional tab to prevent the door pocket lid from slipping next to the edge of the door pocket. It may not look that great, but you don't see it once the part is installed, so I was fine with it. At least now I can lean on my armrest without the fear of pushing it into the door pocket again.

Here are some pictures of it: