LWB rear flares Question

[Brendon]

Hi all... I've got a set of spiffy fiberglass flares for my LWB 77 that i am going to screw on and noticed a few pics on here show a rubber padding between flare and body... is this a usual accompaniment to flares or optional and if they are beneficial what sort of rubber? size? is used... just cheap from clarkes rubber?

The flares i have fit pretty tight already (may need 6 sets of hand and some elbow grease to fit) so hoping absence of the rubber is cool.

cheers for any feedback
Brendon

[rossie]

yeah can get it from clark rubber, it's used on alot of old cars as well, such as VW, FJ to name a couple. Just in case they don't have taste and know what a bedford

[ben]

pretty sure it was standard:)

[petrolhead]

Try them or Universal Engineers uesint.com.au personally I would glass them on
Regards
Petrolhead

[Brendon]

Try them or Universal Engineers uesint.com.au personally I would glass them on
Regards
Petrolhead

Yeah i think the look of them glassed on is preferable.

[ben]

i have been reading fiberglassforums.com lately.

they say no matter what you do, no matter what glue you use or whatever fibreglass to metal will eventually crack. because of the different heat expansion between the 2 materials.

ian your vans roof was glued tpgether for years with expoxy resin i read somewhere. can you tell me if it cracked eventually and how long if so?

cheers
ben

[Bas NZ]

Ben old story, expoxy resin due to the low wax content, micofibres, this will not crack if done right. I did a mates van 15 years ago when we started using this system, and it's still perfect, and the van runs a 350 worked, if you use any kind of matting or rovings from glass part to steel body, this will crack due to what you have said. the other golden rule is to always use pot-rivets or srews, the pot-rivets being the better to hold the part in place and leave them there, just make sure the heads are covered with a layer of glass. this will give the support needed to stop seperation. Also good idea to drill a couple of holes under the fibreglass part fitting to allow the filler (expoxy resin and micofibres) to grib too. and also if poss underseal / rubber type best the other side of the metal as this will stop all tempture changes.........

[petrolhead]

I'd Sikaflex and rivet them on with the biggest BLIND rivets that you can find then blend them in with fibreglass bog followed by normal bog as for Sikaflex that is what all late model cars are held together with and as what Matte said that stuff sticks like shyte to a blanket
Regards
Petrolhead

[ben]

and also if poss underseal / rubber type best the other side of the metal as this will stop all tempture changes......... Smiley

thats a good idea:)

yeh ive used epoxy resin a microfibres to glue on some standard fibreglass guards i made for this cairns van. looking forward to getting my licence back:)

ben

[Bas NZ]

I'd Sikaflex and rivet them on with the biggest BLIND rivets that you can find then blend them in with fibreglass bog followed by normal bog as for Sikaflex that is what all late model cars are held together with and as what Matte said that stuff sticks like shyte to a blanket
Regards
Petrolhead

Do you mean Sikaflex®-552 AT High-performance assembly adhesive ?