Just took a road trip to Southern Utah and drove tons of washboarded out dirt roads (maybe a little fast at times). Now my fiberglass liftgate is cracked at the latching mechanism. Anyone else have this? Will it get worse and start causing any real issues, or just a cosmetic thing? Would anyone advise drilling a hole at the end of the crack and trying some sort of fiberglass repair? Really don't wanna get a new liftgate right now... but also don't want it breaking and coming open while on some trip. JP
Washboard road cracked my liftgate!
- Thread starter JKTXJ
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8Mud
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Mine broke most of the inside liner plastic clips and cracked the inside plastic in places, but hasn´t cracked the outer shell yet. A good tight fit and good rubber, helps keep it from moving around some. Using some sheet metal screws through the inside liner to the shell, also stiffens things up a bit.
I´d probably use a piece of sheet metal and some pop rivets (with large heads), If you don´t want the heads of the rivets showing, maybe counter sink them a touch and puddy them over. Roughing up the sheet metal and epoxy, as well as rivets, will probably make it stronger than the original piece.
I´d probably use a piece of sheet metal and some pop rivets (with large heads), If you don´t want the heads of the rivets showing, maybe counter sink them a touch and puddy them over. Roughing up the sheet metal and epoxy, as well as rivets, will probably make it stronger than the original piece.
