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[netrata]

Okay, is it possible to heat up painted fiberglass in order to bend it so it goes a bit closer to the cars body? I was just wondering because I just got my car back today and there are a few gaps here and there whether it's double sided tape on bonding to well or the fiberglass doesn't get to where it suppose to be (And I want to be careful that I don't strip the paint from any of the panels). I mean overall the install looks okay, but I wanted to where I can kind of seal off the gaps more so it's less noticeable. Also, is it a good thing to just use a sharp blade to remove excessive double sided tape from the skirts and extensions? Any and all help will be appreciated so please give me some info on this, thanks guys. Also, i'll try and get a few pictures up tomorrow to show you guys what I mean.

This post has been edited by netrata: Feb 14, 2007 - 12:14 AM

[vsideboy]

Basically NO you can't heat fibreglass to bend it, its created by mixing 2 chemicals together and a chemical reaction takes place, its not much like plastic that could be soften with heat.

The only think I can think that you could do would be to remove the kit, roughly sand about half inch to an inch of the inside face that comes close to touching the car, apply some tape to your car roughly where the kit touches, apply some vaseline or other petroleum jelly over this and replace your kit, then mix up some filler and push the filler in the gap, smoothing out as best you can. Then once it has hardened then you should be able to remove the kit, sand and respray. Once refitted the gap should be almost nothing.

The jelly is to stop the filler sticking to the car by the way. The tap is a backup for the jelly.

Hope it helps.