Soldato
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Saxo + Bodykit = 
Nah. My car is a 2002 Saxo VTR, but the factory-fitted VTR/S bodykit is starting to separate from the car
. I know the original owner had the bodykit stolen and then replaced under insurance (chavs stealing it for their 1.0 Saxo is dead common), so perhaps the replacement wasn't put back on properly?
It's only really the front arches and door panels that are an issue. They're clipped on-top of the rest of the car, but are now starting to peel away. No doubt the fact that when I take it on the motorway it's doing 3800RPM at 70 and shaking itself to death isn't helping, and also attacking it with the pressure washer!
Linky is an example of the door panel that clips onto the main door bodywork.
My current idea is, where the clips aren't working, to carefully prise the panels away from the main bodywork (but leaving it attached where the clips are working) and pump it full of glue and the G-Clamp it overnight. That sound like a good idea?
Someone's told me to use Tiger Seal.... whatever that may be! I guess it's like No More Nails et al? Anyone got any comments on them? Are they much of a muchness or is one adhesive better than all the rest?
The main thing to note is that the panels do not need to ever come off, and as such I don't care if the glue makes the main panels underneath a complete mess!
Nah. My car is a 2002 Saxo VTR, but the factory-fitted VTR/S bodykit is starting to separate from the car
. I know the original owner had the bodykit stolen and then replaced under insurance (chavs stealing it for their 1.0 Saxo is dead common), so perhaps the replacement wasn't put back on properly?It's only really the front arches and door panels that are an issue. They're clipped on-top of the rest of the car, but are now starting to peel away. No doubt the fact that when I take it on the motorway it's doing 3800RPM at 70 and shaking itself to death isn't helping, and also attacking it with the pressure washer!
Linky is an example of the door panel that clips onto the main door bodywork.My current idea is, where the clips aren't working, to carefully prise the panels away from the main bodywork (but leaving it attached where the clips are working) and pump it full of glue and the G-Clamp it overnight. That sound like a good idea?
Someone's told me to use Tiger Seal.... whatever that may be! I guess it's like No More Nails et al? Anyone got any comments on them? Are they much of a muchness or is one adhesive better than all the rest?
The main thing to note is that the panels do not need to ever come off, and as such I don't care if the glue makes the main panels underneath a complete mess!