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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 11:55 AM
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Door Grab Covers

After the dealer told me he Wanted $60 each for new covers, I decided to restore my originals. One was snapped completely in half, the other had some deep scratches. Here's what I did.
1. Glued the broken one with a two part epoxy. wet sanded it with 600 grit paper, cleaned and dried it, then sprayed it with a matching pewter paint from Advance Auto. I thought it would break when I snapped it back into place.... it didn't and looks brand new, cant even see where the break was.
2. For the Scratched one, I filled the scratches with automotive spot putty, wet sanded smooth, same procedure as above. Can of paint $6 bucks, spot putty $3 bucks, telling the dealer to stick it, ......."priceless".
 
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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 12:03 PM
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Lol. I just snapped mine in half too i tried jb weld and it wouldnt hold. I have some epoxy laying around that was my next step.


A heads up though. They scratch pretty easy i have painted mine like three times. I am doing vinyl over it this time.
 
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Old Jan 3, 2011 | 12:06 PM
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Put a lot of epoxy on the back of the fracture too.
 
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