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Black plastic repair/patch

I recently misguided the LW200, partly sideswiping (in reverse) against a fence post. Caught the edge of the passenger side mirror and its housing is cracked. Also have a light but visible scratch about 2' along the side door. Short of a trip to The Dealership or indy body shop, is there an effective DIY treatment to fill or hide the scratch. BTW the color of the Saturn plastic is black. I seem to break materials that defy repair by all known adhesives. Any suggestions as to what might work to repair the particular plastic used in the mirror housing?

Reply to
Chuck Reti
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...no good advice to offer but I did want to commiserate about backing into a fence post. As a rule I don't hit things. Guess it was sobering up from NyQuil the night before (which was weird because I don't get colds either). Glad it was a fence and not a neighbor kid, etc.

Oh, I have a 97SL2 and scraped the corner of the bumper and made some scratches toward the rear wheel well. The body shop wanted $610 and 2 days to fix. I was about ready to hand them my MasterCard and then said what the heck and used to paint thinner to clean up the scratches. That was amazingly better. Then I used some touch up paint I got from the dealer. And then the next day I used clearcoat cleaner and polish. About 99% better and I'm keeping the $610.

Reply to
Jonnie Santos

What is the proper way to apply touch up paint? I bought some a couple of years ago to fix some scratches in my bumper, but it really didn't turn out all that well.

-rj

98SL2
Reply to
richard hornsby

Replace the entire mirror. I did this with my son's driver mirror on his '96 SL. I found the mirror at a local salvage yard and it was $15. The replacement time was about 15 minutes since there were only three nuts and a set screw to remove and reinstall.

Good luck!

Bob

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Bob Shuman

I just wanted to cover the blazing white plastic of my normally dark green SL2 - so I used the included brush and filled the white over and stopped.

Some> > amazingly better. Then I used some touch up paint I got from the dealer.

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Jonnie Santos

I have had good success with Devcon Plastic Welder. This is a 2 part epoxy that dries to a tan color. I clobbered a side view mirror and rather than replace it, used the devcon very successfully on the structural repair. you had asked specifically about Black color and I can only recommend a spray paint after any damage has been repaired.

Both side mirrors on the used LW300 I bought this past winter were badly scraped. I got the dealer to remove them and have them repainted. Is holding up nicely. One important point when painting is to lightly rough up the substrate and be certain that the paint is compatible with what was used before. Otherwise it will blister or flake off.

Oppie

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Oppie

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