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Plastic repair (replace?) for fold down console
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Color me warped, but that looks like fun.
The first thing I would do is, back the plastic using some wood shaped to fit as tight as I could get it. It doesn't even have to be hard wood. This would limit future problems and give a jumping off place.
Ideally, I'd find some similar textured plastic to cut and weld into place. MAYBE off the bottoms of the cup holders.
When I've done major repairs to wood furniture, I found not doing simple butt joints greatly reduced the ability of the eyes to catch the patch. I did angles, instead.
Guitars and things get repaired using baking soda and superglue (industrial versions - get some of the Subway sandwich gloves, to avoiding welding yourself in the end project).
I would experiment. Maybe drop by a 2nd hand store to find something, anything with plastic I could texture using a Dremel and what they call stippling (poke, poke, poke).
All that aside, it might just be easier to cover the broken area AND stiffen it at the same time. That could be as simple as cutting a little out of some PVC, say, 2", then bending it open more, then falling back to the stippling thing.
Somewhere, in a junkyard, there is some window trim, door trim....., something that would bend and cover this. It could be welded on with, what? Maybe silicone?
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In the end, only someone intimately familiar with that interior would know the end product is not stock, if you dabble enough.
The first thing I would do is, back the plastic using some wood shaped to fit as tight as I could get it. It doesn't even have to be hard wood. This would limit future problems and give a jumping off place.
Ideally, I'd find some similar textured plastic to cut and weld into place. MAYBE off the bottoms of the cup holders.
When I've done major repairs to wood furniture, I found not doing simple butt joints greatly reduced the ability of the eyes to catch the patch. I did angles, instead.
Guitars and things get repaired using baking soda and superglue (industrial versions - get some of the Subway sandwich gloves, to avoiding welding yourself in the end project).
I would experiment. Maybe drop by a 2nd hand store to find something, anything with plastic I could texture using a Dremel and what they call stippling (poke, poke, poke).
All that aside, it might just be easier to cover the broken area AND stiffen it at the same time. That could be as simple as cutting a little out of some PVC, say, 2", then bending it open more, then falling back to the stippling thing.
Somewhere, in a junkyard, there is some window trim, door trim....., something that would bend and cover this. It could be welded on with, what? Maybe silicone?
. . . .
In the end, only someone intimately familiar with that interior would know the end product is not stock, if you dabble enough.
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Buy something made of plastic with a similar bend such as a plastic tote. Cut a piece to cover the area from the backside and use a heat gun to finish form the bend if needed, then trace out the broken area and use a scissor to cut it out so it’s nearly exact, leave some space for gel epoxy to join the pieces together. Cut another plastic piece larger so you can reinforce the hidden backside with epoxy to the new cut piece and the good remaining piece of the console. You might even consider the entire straight edge for both missing areas. Once epoxy is setting be sure to use plenty of spring clamps to keep it all together and not moving. If you want it all to look textured, spray the entire plastic pieces with some texture paint or bed liner. Take your time and use a rotating sanding disk and razor blade to clean up extra epoxy and plastic. I used this method on my grill which was missing a piece of plastic. It was as easy and didn’t take long to do and appears to be very strong bond. This epoxy didn’t flow so it worked well in about 5 minutes.
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I'd make an aluminum backer out of gutter flashing for behind the missing areas, make them wider than the missing areas. JB weld them to the back area then smear JB weld on the patch and let it dry. Then start building layers of JB weld into the missing area. Your last coat you will need something with texture to press into the partially set up JB weld. I've used this method to repair motorcycle fairings with pieces gone after crashes,works good holds up to vibration,never had it pop or come loose.Probably easier than trying to get the grain to match,sand the grain off of the bottom section at the same time you can sand the Weld to blend right in then paint the whole mess with black model paint.
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Super cool feature. Not OE unfortunately.
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It sure looks like original fabric style and color. I'm open to the possibility of it not being OE though because I haven't seen another one like it. if that is the case, someone has done a masterful upholstery job.
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Ya icbw but never seen that either. You could look at the brochures for those years. I feel they would have advertised this.
Super cool either way.
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100% not an OE seat, but an aftermarket from the era. That's why it matches so well and looks right.
That's a molded plastic piece. I'd start by trying to get it all apart and work on a bench. If you could find a sheet of plastic material that's the same thickness, then you could just slowly work with cutting/filing out the sections to more easily worked with shapes and then plastic weld/glue in replacement pieces.
That's a molded plastic piece. I'd start by trying to get it all apart and work on a bench. If you could find a sheet of plastic material that's the same thickness, then you could just slowly work with cutting/filing out the sections to more easily worked with shapes and then plastic weld/glue in replacement pieces.
