broken tabs on door panel?

[britlude]

in the process of retrimming the seats and matching door panel inserts, i finally got round to sorting the broken tabs on the edge of the door panel......

here's how I did it (obviously its just one way of many)

I started with a product called Q-Bond, which is basically superglue and filler powders....
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn41/thisYup/nsx%20stuff/nsx%20door%20panel%20tab%20repair/z26042011181800x600.jpg

Now using some plasticine/modelling clay I used a good tab to make a simple mould...
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn41/thisYup/nsx%20stuff/nsx%20door%20panel%20tab%20repair/z26042011175800x600.jpg

carefully remove the mould and place on the broken tab...
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn41/thisYup/nsx%20stuff/nsx%20door%20panel%20tab%20repair/z26042011176800x600.jpg

[britlude]

the mould was then filled with some of the kits black powder, and the superglue added
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn41/thisYup/nsx%20stuff/nsx%20door%20panel%20tab%20repair/z26042011177800x600.jpg

more powder was used to fill any low points (better not to have too thick a layer of powder for the glue to soak into, it can 'set' before its soaked all the way through!)
the mould was removed....
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn41/thisYup/nsx%20stuff/nsx%20door%20panel%20tab%20repair/z26042011178800x600.jpg

and with a quick tidy-up, we have a new tab!
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn41/thisYup/nsx%20stuff/nsx%20door%20panel%20tab%20repair/z26042011179800x600.jpg

[Silver Surfer]

Top effort Jonathan!!!
I also use Q-bond....£10 of ebay and last a long time!....repairs all my childrens toys and used it to rebuild my mum's MB fog light surround after she hit a fox at night!
I like the part where it emits a wisp of smoke when you drop glue onto the powder....
SS

[Sudesh]

Great work Jonathan!

Those little tabs are very easily damaged and although you can purchase the rail garnish separate, its not cheap as usual.

Thats a top solution you have come up with. I've never use Q Bond, but have just purchased some to have try.

Thanks for sharing!

[Nick Graves]

Wow.

Is that stuff even better than JB Weld?

Think I'll mould me next car out of JB Weld...

[Geraint]

Nice work, thanks for sharing :cool:

[britlude]

Wow.

Is that stuff even better than JB Weld?

Think I'll mould me next car out of JB Weld...

better than JB weld in that it goes off/cures/dries in 10 seconds. (superglue activator sorts any excess) it can be brittle, but you can compensate by making it a little thicker...

[mutley]

Excellent fix there, that's another one for my to-do list

[Nick Graves]

better than JB weld in that it goes off/cures/dries in 10 seconds. (superglue activator sorts any excess) it can be brittle, but you can compensate by making it a little thicker...

Thanks! got some anyway to play with.

JB's good in that it stays flexible, but it can be a real PIA keeping it in shape until it goes off. You can spend 1/2 day poking it with a cocktail stick sometimes.