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Old Mar 12, 2013 | 09:47 AM
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daytona hood help!!

Hi,i am working on a daytona hood for my 85'z i used aircraft to strip the old nasty paint,and i washed the hood down good to nuetralize the chemical.

Now i am in a problem because i see small cracks and i was wondering if any one knew how to fill in these cracks and also paint fiberglss.thank you

and is this hood going to ruin my car

-thanks
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Old Mar 12, 2013 | 09:50 AM
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pedal bracket????/

Hi i was recently at the junk yard and i stripped some manual pedals and arms off a car.My dad thinks that the mounting bracket for automatic and manual is most likely the same.

And did i need to take the stick gas pedal,or is he being a jerk

-thank you
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Old Mar 12, 2013 | 03:29 PM
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Re: daytona hood help!!

Originally Posted by 1985chevydude
Hi,i am working on a daytona hood for my 85'z i used aircraft to strip the old nasty paint,and i washed the hood down good to nuetralize the chemical.

Now i am in a problem because i see small cracks and i was wondering if any one knew how to fill in these cracks and also paint fiberglss.thank you

and is this hood going to ruin my car

-thanks
Before anyone can give you advice on this we would need to see pic of what you are talking about and see how bad it is. Painting fiberglass is the same a metal , using sealer, primer, sanding and paint,
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Old Mar 12, 2013 | 11:58 PM
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Re: daytona hood help!!

I have that same hood. i like the way it looks on my car but in the past i was always told to never ever use harsh chemicals on firberglass or carbon fiber. because it could potentially sink into the material and eat way at it. I think it states it on the bottles int he warning label.
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Old Mar 18, 2013 | 08:24 AM
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Re: daytona hood help!!

Pics of the hood would be helpful. ..but to fix cracks...I've taken a small drill pit and used it on each end of the crack to stop it from going futher...then sand and fill with duarglass...
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