What do you use to stick the bonnet "foil" to the bonnet
What do you use to stick the bonnet "foil" to the bonnet
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RUSSELLM

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6,002 posts

277 months

Saturday 6th October 2007
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smile

I've no doubt it's got a proper name. "Carbon fibre heat resistant TVR £3000 A square metre super foil" or something.

But mine's hanging......I'm talking about the foil still.

To a point, where the alternator / air con belt has worn a nice triangle shape in the loose foil.

The rest of it's hanging down, and I'm worried it's going to clog something up in a "plastic bag hanging off the handlebars, getting caught up in the front wheel, throwing me over the handlebars" stylee smile

What can I use to stick it back on ?

The temptation is super glue, but I've got horrific visions of it burning a hole through the fibreglass or something.

You can tell, I don't have much luck with cars.

JensenA

5,671 posts

260 months

Saturday 6th October 2007
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Russelm - Use a decent Contact adhesive like Evo-Stick. Or if you want to patch up the bit that has worn, then this may help

http://www.lemarkgroup.co.uk/aluminium.htm

or http://www.blundell.co.uk/detail.php?id=DG244

I'm sure other some other guys will be along soon with some better and cheaper ways of doing it so don't ruch out and buy it just yet smile

Tanguero

4,535 posts

231 months

Saturday 6th October 2007
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I used spray adhesive from Maplins very successfuly. It is on the 'cool side' of the insulation and I havn't found heat to be an issue. You just need to be a bit carefull when you spray it because it is foul stuff to get of bodywork etc. The nozzle on all the spray glues have a flat narrow spray pattern so a test spray on a piece of newaspaper to work out where the stuff is going to go is highle recomended!



Edited by Tanguero on Saturday 6th October 21:59

YI8TVR

387 posts

237 months

Saturday 6th October 2007
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silicon is what the tiles on the shuttle are stuck with!

cerdad

288 posts

231 months

Saturday 6th October 2007
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arnt cerbs faster then shuttles? seriously evo stick seems to be the choise as all the panels in my boot started to droop and evostick was the original glue ,beware the fumes are volatile so dont do it with a hot engine as you will get flash over.

YI8TVR

387 posts

237 months

Saturday 6th October 2007
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Evo Stick is flamable. Suppose its OK in a boot but in the engine bay ?

OscarT

758 posts

231 months

Saturday 6th October 2007
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No More Nails works well.