Honda S2000 side skirt cracks repair tips


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Neutronetix
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Hello guys!!

Wheb my fried arrived today at my home for me to do some engine work.... we found (in a bad way)  out its sitting pretty low+
when entering my garage he scratched his left side skirt.. 

I am pretty sure i could sand+polish ... But some of them are rather rough...
Any ideas ?
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Edited 11 Years Ago by Neutronetix
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Not easy to tell from the pictures but looking at the thickness it looks like gelcoat rather than clearcoat. From what you say it sounds like the side skirt was flexed from underneath caused by contact with the ground causing the gelcoat to crack and delaminate. If you try sanding you will probably sand into the carbon. If you then apply clearcoat it will be very noticeable. I would scrape/flick off any loose bits of the gelcoat using a craft blade or pin, de grease the damaged areas and then fill those areas with epoxy resin using an artists paint brush. You could add a filler like glass beads to the resin to thicken it up. Keep building up the layers until it is slightly proud of the surrounding surface, then flat and polish. It wont be a totally invisible repair but should be pretty good.

Warren

Carbon Copies Ltd
Edited 11 Years Ago by wozza
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