Advice/help fixing cracked lip

I recently purchased an RBS front lip with a 6" lateral crack in it (got it dirt cheap, couldn't resist). I'm new to the New England area, and don't know of any reputable shops locally that I could take it to, so I was thinking about tackling the fix myself. From what I have read, a good (non-premixed) bondo should do the trick, but my lack of experience makes me weary of an attempt. Does anyone have any advice/suggestions for approaching this, or know of any shops around Amherst that could fix it for relatively cheap? Also, would anyone be interested possibly helping me? I would be more than happy to travel to you, and provide beer of course

im no expert, nor have i done this myself, but i think using fiberglass would be your best bet. ive done plenty of work with fiberglass before and its pretty easy to use and its quite strong. id be willing to help you out......but you are pretty far away.

If it is just a crack you may be able to do it with bondo and sandpaper.. I did my grill mod using bondo..it is pretty easy to apply, but get ready to do a lot of sanding.

Bondo + Sandpaper + Paint =

 

I can't remeber the type of grit for the sandpaper. Home Depot should be able to hook you up.

Thanks for the feedback guys, it probably won't be too bad after all.

Just sell it to me, problem solved.

Hmm, thats actually half way tempting

I too have a severely crackes RBS lip that I'm going to repair and rebuild this spring, and I used to live in Amherst...wierddddd

 

I'm going to fiberglass it with some fiber cloth, resin jelly, sand, bondo, sand, bondo, sand, bondo, sand, filler primer, sand, prime, paint

Hmm, thats actually half way tempting

And I live in Ma

Get it so the crack is lined up as best you can and do the majority of the glass work from the back side to build strength so it won't crack again, then just use a little firba-glass or bondo to fill the crack on the face. This will save hours of sanding and refilling. Again structure on the back side and cosmetics on the surface.

Awesome, thanks for the feedback guys. I think I'll be able to tackle this, but not until its warmer

what you want to do is, go to your local auto parts store or auto body supply shop and get a 2 part epoxy suitable for the substrate, the person helping you should know the proper steps to make it work good.

 

you dont want to stick with just bondo, bondo will shrink a little bit and if it is placed in the lip, the lip may flex with day to day driving or if its bumped by a parking median etc.. it will crack then back to square one.

 

that is my easy way of doing it, working in a body shop for just over 2 years has helped me a lot in doing the small tasks such as this, hope this works out for ya and let me know how it turned out and what way you used.

Don't help him .