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Old 10-04-2019, 03:20 PM
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The back half of my passenger side wheel pant is busted and needs to be replaced. Is there anything special that needs to be done other than ordering a new one from vans, repainting, and installing it? will there need to be special fiberglass work done to mate it to the front half? should i replace the front half as well? looking for tips, suggestions, etc.
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Old 10-04-2019, 04:07 PM
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how bad is it? I busted both of mine due to too little clearance with the tires and a single good bounce that caused it to grab and crack nearly in half. very easy to repair and you?d probably never be able to tell. much more so than replacing the whole thing.
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Old 10-04-2019, 05:04 PM
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The back half of my passenger side wheel pant is busted and needs to be replaced. Is there anything special that needs to be done other than ordering a new one from vans, repainting, and installing it? will there need to be special fiberglass work done to mate it to the front half? should i replace the front half as well? looking for tips, suggestions, etc.
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Old 10-04-2019, 05:26 PM
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By the time you have fitted and installed a new wheel pant, you will have learned all of the fiberglass skills that you need to do a repair of your current pants, and if you repair instead of replace, you won’t have to do all of the alignment and fitting all over again! I’d have to do a search, but there have been several articles in Kitplanes over the past few years that give detailed instructions on fiberglass pant repair - worth a look to see if they fit your situation.

I have fixed pants that had been badly fragmented into multiple pieces - its just fiberglass!

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Old 10-04-2019, 06:31 PM
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Appreciate the replies. It is a chunk missing about the size of a silver dollar at the bottom. I didn?t think about repairing it. I would much rather do that than replacing but don?t know a lick about fiberglass repair. Any tips and resources are appreciated!
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Old 10-04-2019, 07:04 PM
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Appreciate the replies. It is a chunk missing about the size of a silver dollar at the bottom. I didn?t think about repairing it. I would much rather do that than replacing but don?t know a lick about fiberglass repair. Any tips and resources are appreciated!
If it is only a missing chunk repair is the way to go. Check out the fiberglass forum here on VAF. Lots of tips and information there. Post a photo in that forum on what the damage is and I am sure you will gets lots on opinions on how to repair it.
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Or if you dont want to learn fiberglass, take it to a boat shop. Most have folks that are good with fiberglass.

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If it is only a missing chunk repair is the way to go. Check out the fiberglass forum here on VAF. Lots of tips and information there. Post a photo in that forum on what the damage is and I am sure you will gets lots on opinions on how to repair it.
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Or if you dont want to learn fiberglass, take it to a boat shop. Most have folks that are good with fiberglass.

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If it is only a missing chunk repair is the way to go. Check out the fiberglass forum here on VAF. Lots of tips and information there. Post a photo in that forum on what the damage is and I am sure you will gets lots on opinions on how to repair it.
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Or if you dont want to learn fiberglass, take it to a boat shop. Most have folks that are good with fiberglass.

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If it is only a missing chunk repair is the way to go. Check out the fiberglass forum here on VAF. Lots of tips and information there. Post a photo in that forum on what the damage is and I am sure you will gets lots on opinions on how to repair it.
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