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Help! accidentally gouged my fiberglass spoiler, how do I fix this?

Old Dec 2, 2013 | 06:45 PM
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Help! accidentally gouged my fiberglass spoiler, how do I fix this?

I was dry fitting my hawks wrap around spoiler before paint and while fitting it on, one of the clips gouged the underside/side of the spoiler on the wing. What should I do to fix this? I was thinking bondo but I don't know how well that would stand up to chipping etc
Help! accidentally gouged my fiberglass spoiler, how do I fix this?-c8wluqe.jpg

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Old Dec 2, 2013 | 09:06 PM
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Re: Help! accidentally gouged my fiberglass spoiler, how do I fix this?

Wow!! that sucks,if I were you,I'd take it to a body shop.You already have $400++ into it,another few more bucks won't hurt.
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Old Dec 2, 2013 | 09:08 PM
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Re: Help! accidentally gouged my fiberglass spoiler, how do I fix this?

I got some bondo type stuff with kevlar strands in it to repair it, looking good so far! will post pictures when I'm done
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Old Dec 2, 2013 | 10:41 PM
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Re: Help! accidentally gouged my fiberglass spoiler, how do I fix this?

Here's another picture of the ugliness
Help! accidentally gouged my fiberglass spoiler, how do I fix this?-tbt68cn.jpg

And after. Sorry for the quality, was taken in the pitch black. Still got a little bit of tweaking to do, but it's a huge difference and a huge relief too!
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Old Dec 3, 2013 | 01:26 AM
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Go buy a fiberglass kit from autozone
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Old Dec 3, 2013 | 06:57 AM
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Re: Help! accidentally gouged my fiberglass spoiler, how do I fix this?

Don't need the whole fiberglass kit, just gelcoat would probably do it. Make a mold for your repair using wax paper to minimize sanding afterwards.
Did you hit it hard? Shouldn't chip easily, maybe a void in the fiberglass?
I'm disappointed, but not surprised, that they are using polyester resin on such a large expensive part, really should be epoxy.
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Old Dec 3, 2013 | 10:23 AM
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Re: Help! accidentally gouged my fiberglass spoiler, how do I fix this?

I'm not worrying about it anymore because I pretty much fixed it back to 100%. What happened was, I was adjusting one side and I guess as the other side was moving it got snagged on the sharp side of the clip on the hatch and just pretty much ate into it
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