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See the rear panel on my line (avtar pic), DIY.

A lot of sanding, priming, painting, clear coating, wet and dry, and buffing.

In the end you are better off getting it done professionally though.

for the fibreglass bar, you would reinforce it from the rear, then bog up the front, then sand the rest of it back and paint the whole thing. it isn't 100% required to paint the whole thing, but the size of it you may as well.

i bogged up a deep scratch/small dent on my passenger door. it took me about 2 hours a day after work, for 5 days to get it done. that was sanding/preping it to be bogged, bogging it up, sanding it smooth, undercoating, sanding, painting, sanding, buffing.

Hrm theres no quick way of explaing fiberglass or paint,

I mite have to tear a bumber lying around the workshop, and do a step by step with lots of pics how to repair and paint it. evedn to get you to the steps of primer, then getting a professional to color match and paint. To topcaot a bumber should be around 100$.

Anyone interested?

Best way to fix scratches you'll need.

*A buffer if you want to do it propertly , with a Autoglym Pad

*The correct touch up paint

*AUTOGLYM Ultrafine cutting compund.

*Wax and grease remover

1.Whipe the scratch over with wax and grease remover.

2.Apply the touch up paint leave it proud of the paint surface.

3.Wait for the paint to dry for atleast 24 hours

4.With the buffer on 1500rpm use the fine cutting compund to slowly blend the to surfaces together. Being gentle and never leave the buff in one spot or it will create to much heat. Nice and gentle is the key word.

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YES!! i would love to know how to do simple fibreglass repair to get it to the paint stage...

Ive got 2 parts that need fixing / painitg, so it could save me BIG.

Ive done fibreglassing at tafe, but no repair / prep work...

Even just guide how how to do small dent fixes etc would help everyone :laugh:

for the fibreglass bar, you would reinforce it from the rear, then bog up the front, then sand the rest of it back and paint the whole thing. it isn't 100% required to paint the whole thing, but the size of it you may as well.

i bogged up a deep scratch/small dent on my passenger door. it took me about 2 hours a day after work, for 5 days to get it done. that was sanding/preping it to be bogged, bogging it up, sanding it smooth, undercoating, sanding, painting, sanding, buffing.

What kind of bog do u use for a crack on a fibreglass front bar. Ive reinforced the rear, just need to fill the cracks.

thanks

Bl4cK32 - there was an issue in the first or 2nd drift battle for repairs.

fibre glass repairs are fairly easy, you do need to remove some material from the crack then reinforce from the rear of the bar which will slightly fill in the gap you just made, then sand back any over hang into the front of the piece.

then use an automotive putty (try to get the fibreglass to fill it mostly) then sand back.

there is then a small tin of red quick dry putty available from repco/autoone etc that is pre mixed and only suitable for up to 2mm, that you wipe over to fill in the very fine bubbles dents etc ..

then once its near perfect, use a can of primer/filler .. then wet/dry the area til all the area is flush . old paint and new section, ready for the respray of the item

couple of threads for painting cars and whats done from 3 years ago when i did mine

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...amp;hl=painting

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...spray&st=40

do have another link from before the forums migrations, trying to get link fixed and will post it up.

has some walkthrough on how to do each step

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