The fairings are off, cracks glued and reinforced and now are ready for smoothing. Some of the scratches are too deep to be sanded out and need to be filled. Would Bondo work? Or is there some other product that is used on plastic?

Thanks in advance for sharing knowledge.

 

Repair Broken Street Bike Fairing

Plastifix

 

I have repaired my 1988 Hurricane cracked panels with JB Weld Bond for plastic.
Mine have cracked at the screw holding part.
So, I put a metal washer in the back side of the panel, then cover it in the JB Weld Bond.
You can screw it down and it won't crack on that spot ever.

PlasticBonder | Body Panel Adhesive, Filler & Sealer

 

Plastifix or plastec (plast-x?) is great for these fairings. ABS glue works ok as these fairings are styrene plastic.

 

We don't have the products mentioned for sale here but I'd got a tube of Plastic Padding gelcoat filler. Would that work? I'd assume might be even better than car bodywork spackle.

 

Thanks everyone. I found a couple of the products mentioned, but am cautious of glowing promises made by manufacturers. Those who have actually used the stuff are far more reliable.

Cruising the net last night I found this:

Plastics repair with ABS cement - Ninja250Wiki

Since the materials needed are available in our small town I'm going to try it.

A final note: Q-Bond did not hold well on a smaller piece. It turns out that it holds well if the parts glued are pulled straight apart. If there are side-to-side flexing forces it doesn't do as well.

 

Man, anything I ever needed done I just use ABS scrap and a heat/solder gun. Melt the ABS in the hole, sand excess. I mean you could use Bondo but thats not going to give you any strength as far as the rigidity. Filling any holes or fixing anything with melted ABS by "plastic-welding" is going to yield like new or better than new results. Litterly its using the same thing they are made of resulting in strong fix that will last.

 

+1 on this, I repaired many long cracks on my left side fairing this way. Sanded, primer and paint and it looks great. 18 months and no issues.