I own a 92 bird and the front piece on the bottom is cracked. It is somewhat hanging. Is there anythin I can do besides the taking it to the autobody. I ned to fit the crack bck toethe b4 it gets worse. Thanks guys

DJ

 

You can form some aluminum and epoxy it to the back side until you can get it to the Body Shop to have it repaired right. There is a flex filler similar to bondo made by Devcon if my memory is correct. I'll check my garage tomorrow and post the p/n & name if I get a chance.

 

Here's what I did ....
took the spoiler off the car,
bought some "plastic welding epoxy" from the parts store,
'glued' the crack back together,
fiberglassed across the backside of the crack with mat & resin,
used a dremel to grind a groove on the front side of the crack,
filled the groove in with the epoxy,
sanded, primed, & painted
.... seems to have worked very well.

 

Hey guys thanks for all the replies. Well I took it to the autobody place for the estimtate. Hear this- $400!!! A little piece yet so much money to be fixed. More headaches for me. Hey i love my car, and since im not tha good at repairing things I may have it fixed professionally. I dont wanna screw it up. I am gonna go for more estimates and we will see the outcome. I will keep you guys updated. Thanks for the help.

DJ

 

400 hmm you could get a new peice and have it painted for less than that in my shop thats a rip off...

 

Go to the auto paint store and get some SEM flexable parts filler (I can't remember, but SEM may also have a product that is even more of an adhesive for splits). It is made specifically for urethane parts. The SEM stuff is great quality, and I've never had it fail in any of the things I've used it on.

 

I went for a second opinion and they gave e a price for $180!!!!
Its gonna be done there. By the weekend it should be done the part needs to painted first. The othr guy was screwin me over thats for sure. So i guess its gonna be ok Thanks guys for all the help I appeciate it.

DJ

 

If you wanted to do it yourself it would cost you about $20 in materials...

If you are talking about the front aero wing in front of the wheels, it is somewhere around $100 new unpainted now I believe...the dealers just did a price raise on it not too long ago..

You can go to any marine supply store or auto parts store (or even walmart) and pickup a fiberglass repair kit that will include a small amount of fiberglass mat or cloth and enough resin/hardener to do the job.

As was mentioned above, take the piece off, use a 2 part plastic epoxy weld to adhear the piece back to it's original shape...sand the back side of the part down with 80grit paper where you will be applying the fiberglas, then mix your fiberglass resin and hardener in a small disposable mixing cup per the instructions (usually 10drops of hardener per 1oz of resin for polyester resin), cut the fiberglass cloth or mat into strips, wet out the strips on a piece of cardboard with a cheap $.99 disposable brush (dab the resin on, do not brush) until the mat or cloth has completely saturated and apply the strip to the backside of the piece making sure to cover the originally cracked portion...let dry, sand out the front where the epoxy will have filled in the crack and prime/paint...

Total should be around $20-25 in material including the primer and paint and take about an hour of your day to apply and let the fiberglass dry and another hour to prime/paint/wetsand/clear...

Just remember if you are going to fiberglass, WEAR GLOVES, MASK AND EYE PROTECTION.

Good luck