I hit a pole
10-30-2009, 03:27 PM
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Please read post number 2 in this thread. Good suggestions on how to do this repair. And it's Sheet Molding Compound--SMC--an advanced form of Fiberglas with some special requirements for repair.
Cracked Hard Top Repairable?
Cracked Hard Top Repairable?
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10-30-2009, 08:43 PM
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So much for the lousy plastic bumper, judging by the area around the license plate it doesn't look like it did anything.
If you can in fact repair the hard top as described above, your costs should be minimal beyond replacing the rear glass.
If you can in fact repair the hard top as described above, your costs should be minimal beyond replacing the rear glass.
10-30-2009, 08:50 PM
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Backed up into a 6" steel pole filled with cement up in Tehachapi last weekend. I was making a U-turn like I've done a good 20-30 times in the 2 years we've been goin to Tehachapi Mtn Park and the pole was right in my blind spot. :/ Here's some pics. We'll be fixin up the fiberglass this weekend. Just replaced the windshield today.
lol I lost the picture of the pole, but I't looked like this. The platform was to hold the gate.
lol I lost the picture of the pole, but I't looked like this. The platform was to hold the gate.
11-28-2009, 07:23 AM
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Ty did you get your top repaired yet. If not two products we use at work for SMC are FIBERTECH by Evercoat and 8272 adhesive by 3M. FIBERTECH is body filler that is quite strong and can be used to fill holes. Like the one in your top. 8272 is a adhesive that is used to glue body panels together. You can work the 8272 into the fibers of the damaged area and glue the piece that got pushed through back in.
Looking at your top i would use the FIBERTECH.
Looking at your top i would use the FIBERTECH.
11-30-2009, 06:57 PM
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Ty did you get your top repaired yet. If not two products we use at work for SMC are FIBERTECH by Evercoat and 8272 adhesive by 3M. FIBERTECH is body filler that is quite strong and can be used to fill holes. Like the one in your top. 8272 is a adhesive that is used to glue body panels together. You can work the 8272 into the fibers of the damaged area and glue the piece that got pushed through back in.
Looking at your top i would use the FIBERTECH.
Looking at your top i would use the FIBERTECH.
12-01-2009, 08:02 AM
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Be sure to document the repair of the top if you can! I know I can see having to do this in the future at some point, and I would like to see how it is done.
I used to do a lot of fiberglass work on surfboards and would be interested to see how SMC is to work with.
I used to do a lot of fiberglass work on surfboards and would be interested to see how SMC is to work with.
12-01-2009, 08:29 AM
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lol I really doubt I'll be the last to do damage to a hardtop on the forums 
12-01-2009, 10:02 PM
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Ty,
You guys should be able to do the repair. The trick is to match the texture of the top. As far as cost the FiberTech is about $35-$40. You will need some thing along the lines of MetalGlaze (what we us) to fill in the pin holes that will be in the FiberTech. Here are a couple of links.
http://www.evercoat.com/productDetail.aspx?pID=13
http://www.evercoat.com/productDetail.aspx?pID=1
You guys should be able to do the repair. The trick is to match the texture of the top. As far as cost the FiberTech is about $35-$40. You will need some thing along the lines of MetalGlaze (what we us) to fill in the pin holes that will be in the FiberTech. Here are a couple of links.
http://www.evercoat.com/productDetail.aspx?pID=13
http://www.evercoat.com/productDetail.aspx?pID=1