Anyone Work on Fiberglass Firewall Before? Need Help! Thanks!
08-18-2009, 04:31 AM
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Anyone Work on Fiberglass Firewall Before? Need Help! Thanks! My 01 C5 vette had an engine fire, R side of firewall around brake booster area is my major concern. From what I can find out GM does not sell a firewall kit(at least that my guy could find) and I don't know what kind of job it would be to R&I a junkyard doner as opposed to patching my current one.
If I go the patch route, should I worry about integrity around the booster, it is really soft all the way through and from what I can see the whole brake booster and pedal are in direct contact with this possibly patched weak area.
Any help or ideas would be great, I gotta figure this out asap! Thanks!
If I go the patch route, should I worry about integrity around the booster, it is really soft all the way through and from what I can see the whole brake booster and pedal are in direct contact with this possibly patched weak area.
Any help or ideas would be great, I gotta figure this out asap! Thanks!
08-21-2009, 07:53 PM
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pics ? grind it down and fiberglass resin an mat is gonna be about your only option the mat is gonna give you the strength where you located i may know some one in the area that does fiberglass work
08-22-2009, 10:21 AM
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I'd look to get at least a portion of the original piece from a donor car and either glass it or bond it in. If you use glass to repair it make sure you use epoxy resin and not polyester resin. Epoxy will form a far more permanent bond with the SMC original part.
