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Broken undertray

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  1. ThePunisher

    ThePunisher Formula Junior

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    Took the car for a spin and broke the undertray , the portion that is behind the diffusers, sorry, don't know the part number but it has a couple of nacelle ducts and is about a metre wide and half a metre long.

    If anyone has one of these spare please PM me , unfortunately I'm in Australia but I really need this part
     
  2. Mitch Alsup

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    Most of the time, these can be repaired with fiberglass and epoxy.
     
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    Its just fiberglass and can be repaired.
     
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    +1
     
  7. Steve355F1

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    Correct.

    Hi Mor... Troy

    This is an easy repair. I just had a part of mine repaired that was broken by the flat top guy.
    In the same area as you are talking about.

    Looks perfect and they actually put a thin layer of CF over it as well.
     
  8. ClydeM

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    On this topic, a couple of my underpanels could use some love. But its not simply a fiberglass cloth-over-hole patch. I'll need to make a foam mold to assist. rather than ship through the internet, anybody know of a local source? Most body shops in my area are now into just swapping panels & don't to fiberglass anymore.
    thanks.
     
  9. ClydeM

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    On this topic, a couple of my underpanels could use some love. But its not simply a fiberglass cloth-over-hole patch. I'll need to make a foam mold to assist. rather than ship through the internet, anybody know of a local source? Most body shops in my area are now into just swapping panels & don't to fiberglass anymore.
    thanks.
     
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    Look for places that do hull repair on small sailboats instead of automotive shops...
     
  11. SoCal1

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    Mine are destroyed. I have 2 sets I swap out as needed if they are flopping in the breeze. One set is always in repair mode.

    My bumpers are also like snow plows




    LG - Life is great :)
     
  12. phrogs

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    I have used plaster to make molds and also using this stuff called Mold star from https://www.smooth-on.com/products/mold-star-30/.

    That stuff im usiig to repair my 355 dash parts that have been broken.

    Mold it from a good one and then repair the broken one with the mold.

    I also.use a mixing system for my fiberglass repair that takes all the guess work out of that. Ill have to dig up.their name.
     
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    I think Sy may still have a spare 355 under tray?
     
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    Most any body shop should be able to work in fiberglass.....

    I repaired my under panels ..... & when repairing panels that had missing sections ....made cardboard covered in aluminum tape templates to get the necessary proportions. Added a finish gelcoat as well (no body filler at all).
    Came out perfect and you could not tell they had been repaired.
     

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