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Has anyone done this?

I have bought some CVO panniers but they have cutouts for a Harley amp, I want to fill the cutouts and was thinking of trying to weld plastic in.

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2 hours ago, Buckster said:

Has anyone done this?

I have bought some CVO panniers but they have cutouts for a Harley amp, I want to fill the cutouts and was thinking of trying to weld plastic in.

 

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I've always used glues on bumper repairs which can be hit and miss. I've been looking at this myself as well as the heated wire which is great for getting some strength back in.
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10 hours ago, Buckster said:

Has anyone done this?

I have bought some CVO panniers but they have cutouts for a Harley amp, I want to fill the cutouts and was thinking of trying to weld plastic in.

I've repaired a fist size hole in one of my son's car bumper...using these wire clips melted in...

What about showing us what your dealing with...your self proclaimed in house mechanical engineer could possibly give you some pointers....

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4 minutes ago, Marcel said:

I've repaired a fist size hole in one of my son's car bumper...using these wire clips melted in...

What about showing us what your dealing with...your self proclaimed in house mechanical engineer could possibly give you some pointers....

 

Who? @busabeast?

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2 hours ago, Marcel said:

Stop being so hard on the little one....lol...he'll end up in the lurk section again....

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40 minutes ago, Buckster said:

I would trust his advice before I would yours.

Good idea...cause I'd have you running around in circles till your brain would explode ...

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I have a good hot air gun used for soldering SMD’s so I’m thinking of using that with some abs rods.

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49 minutes ago, Buckster said:

I have a good hot air gun used for soldering SMD’s so I’m thinking of using that with some abs rods.

You need clips for structural strength...trust me...I know what I'm talking about...

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38 minutes ago, Marcel said:

You need clips for structural strength...trust me...I know what I'm talking about...

Normally when someone says “trust me”, it means they have no clue.

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1 hour ago, busabeast said:

Im sure you can get proper plastic welding kits can't you?

No idea how good they are though 

The additive kits seem to be a soldering iron with a tube to feed the plastic through, I was thinking of doing something similar to when I weld aluminium, put some sort of backing plate in then do an additive weld.

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1 minute ago, Buckster said:

Normally when someone says “trust me”, it means they have no clue.

Your just gonna end up making a mess...trying to weld the thing with plastic rods and a heat gun.....get yourself a proper welding kit you cheap bastard...melt in the clips..fiberglass the thing afterwards and finish it with finishing puty ...num skull...

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