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Hey everyone, ok I fiberglassed my screen in and after a while the tiny little spots where I glassed the screen in are kinda cracking....you cant see a crack but theres this tiny line there. I live in texas so the car gets up to like 120-140F in the car when its left alone outside for a while(when im at work). So what im wondering is what can I do to get ride of this damn line, i just cut into the spot where the cracks are and am glassing again over those...we will see what happens, anyone have any other ideas? Let me explain how i did it

Made frame of screen with mdf, then placed the frame in the middle of the console and used fiberglass to get it in there, then I used fiberglass reinforced bondo over that to shape it, then spot putty to get the holes out, then primed, then painted flat black, then sprayed with spray bedliner to git it texture.



Maybe the bedliner cant handle that kind of heat? or maybe I used too much bondo and not enough fiberglass?

Thanks everyone.

 
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re-glass the screen is prolly the best idea. where in TX are you located? you may want to PM usafcushman for some help.

off topic question, but did you buy the kit for the LED console conversion or did you just solder it yourself?

 
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First off, just cut the paint off with a fine paper and have a look. If the glass is splitting, trace down the split. If it's just air holes, then cut down the fiberglass until it smooths out, then build up again.

The key is, when you glass initially, you shouldn't rely on bondo and polly putty to fill a ton of holes. You should concentrate on leaving only the tiniest of pin holes. If that means you build up a lot of fiberglass and then cut it down significantly, so be it. Also, make sure you are working as tight as possible with all of your fillers. The tighter, smoother your glass and bondo is, the stronger and smoother it will be in the end. It might also just be the paint cracking. Like I said, cut it down with some real fine paper just to take a look.

 
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Soldered it myself...really easy, get some blue leds and solder a resistor to it, then solder it into the spot where the old lites were and super glue it in place so it doesnt move around.

 
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I know but its really hard to shape with giberglass....i guess i could give it a try(with mainly all fiberglass) but i dont know....ill see what happens after I try to fix it. Thanks for the advice

 
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Once you get your fiberglass fixed I suggest investing in a windshield sun reflectant, It'll protect your dash from the heat as well as keep your car a bit cooler.

 
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I think its looking clean minus that is a little to much lip on the bottom of the screen so i can understand. My answer is already stated above so just take some time and work


teampointless: i'm about 45 minutes north of you if your heading to HIN we can meet up and have a line of vics rolling to houston

 
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nah, i'm not sure if ill be rolling down to HIN or not... i should be going down the weekend before to get boosted, but we'll see. hit me up and ill let you know.

 
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fiberglass is not going to crack from heat, the fiberglass filled bondo will. Do like J187 said and just refill it with fiberglass the less bondo you use, the better it will come out.

 
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hey man, if your interested, i'd like to pay you to make me one of those. You name a price. PM me.

 
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Jmeister, I'd do it for $100 plus parts. You buy them and send them to me and I'd have it done pretty snappy...

As far as the original question. After reglassing (mioght even want to try tigerhair/bondoglass instead of resin and mat) I'd recommend going over with a heavier weight bondo then light weight bondo, and smoothing with a glazing/spot putty before painting/vinyl, whatever you choose.