upper fairing ABS?

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May 2, 2009 | 08:54 PM

loudninja

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upper fairing ABS?

layed my bike... need to repair broken tab. will hot-glue work or maybe gorilla epoxy?
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May 2, 2009 | 11:24 PM

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I'd go with the epoxy. I've used fiberglass resin (similar to epoxy) to fix mine and they're still holding strong. Hot glue is for like crafts & stuff, imo.

May 3, 2009 | 11:15 AM

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you can also flip it over on the backside and use a sodering iron to melt them back together i have seen this done it takes alot of patience u can look it up i had it on a website a while ago

May 4, 2009 | 10:06 AM

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I used some Permatex Plastic-Weld to repair my ABS front fender and it has held extremely well. It's made for ABS repairs.

May 4, 2009 | 07:32 PM

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you can also flip it over on the backside and use a sodering iron to melt them back together i have seen this done it takes alot of patience u can look it up i had it on a website a while ago

thanks for the suggestions but i want to preserve the paint. im going the plastic specific epoxy route.