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Interior/Exterior Carbon Fiber mounting bracket advice.

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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 07:03 PM
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Carbon Fiber mounting bracket advice.

I have a custom made Carbon Fiber hood scoop that I bought off a fellow NAMer. Just recently had 3 of the mounting tabs break off at the mounting point. No damage was done to either surface. I have never worked with Carbon before, Is there any special epoxy or method I should use to reattach these?







 
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 07:30 PM
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I would clean the mounts and scoop then use 1 hour set time epoxy. Don't use the 5 minute epoxy it is brittle.
 
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Old Sep 13, 2011 | 07:39 PM
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some epoxies are not compatible with each other. It might be a good idea to contact the person you purchased it from and find out which type of epoxy was used to create the piece. Just so it doesn't come off again.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 06:47 AM
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It may seem too "low tech" but Liquid Nails would hold it extremely well and it's viscous enough that it would interdigitate with the holes on the clip well. Plus, it's fairly inert (as epoxies go) so there's low risk of it damaging the CF part.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2011 | 06:01 PM
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