SGK

(New user here - hope I'm posting in the right place! If not, just let me know and I'll move it elsewhere.)

I just bought a 2010 Civic Honda LX less than a week ago only to have an unfortunate incident yesterday with a friend's dog and one of the car doors in the back, which left a small but visible gouge (~1/4" long) on the inside of the door right under the window (see photo).

Would any of you know how/where to repair this, and what it would entail and cost?

BlueEM2

iTrader: (1)

Plastic is hard to repair, probably easier to buy a new panel.

rocksinger45

Also try a junk yard ... see if they have one.

Prodresurgence

I had a mark like that in the soft portion of the dash board, I hit it with a heat gun and pressed it smooth with my hands.

DeX

Ya, it looks like a soft material. What I would do to fix it:
- get a thin hook shaped piece of metal
- stick the hook in there and try to pull out the flap and place it back where it belongs in the gouge
- hit it with a heat gun or hair dryer on a hot day to mould it back the way you want it
- get some vinyl glue from a fabric store and dab some on it when you have it where you want it

I fixed a bean bag chair like this bag in the day.

HondaFan76

would that work on a small hairline crack on my passenger side airbag?

lazlong

Had this happen too. Took the heat gun to it and it looked fine but, it came back about a month later. I'm going to use better glue this time. lol

lazlong

I would take the panel off and work it from the back first. Then once I had it where I wanted it I'd put a piece of tape on the back.

gearbox

iTrader: (95)

every civic ive seen has that crack in the airbag casing. and no theres no way to really fix it since its hard plastic. you would need a new airbag for $400 and that would prolly start to crack over time too.

Mad Dog Tannen

I believe they have kits to fix these types of things at your local auto parts store. Heat gun doesn't sound like a bad idea either.