Restoring 70-78 Wheel Spoilers (fixing broken & cracks)

I have a set of spoilers for my 77 but every one is broken with cracks. but I have all the pieces that are broken off.
pics of the broken. there all about the same.
cracked

broken with a big crack

to fix them I used a solder iron to fuse them back together. fist I cut a (V) down the crack (deep) then started folding the plastic back into the (V) I cut out.


after it got hard I DA sanded it. and then used some epoy over it.


the rear spolers are fixed. I'll 220 sand them next before I prime them. I did use glass filler on them after I sanded the epoxy.

and a pic with the welting I got. it doesnt look correct , but should work fine.


time for the fronts

Great How To. Thanks for sharing.

Rick H

That sounds like pretty out of the box thinking. Was it your technique to use the soldering iron?

Thanks for sharing. Good Info.

Steve wrote:That sounds like pretty out of the box thinking. Was it your technique to use the soldering iron?

Thanks for sharing. Good Info.

well I've done plastic welding before so I thought I should be able to make it work with the soldering iron.
I have a unfixable spoiler that I cut small stips from. to use like a filler if needed.
and just kept folding the plastic in the crack.
I did a test piece first. welded it , sanded it smooth, and tried to brake it. it broke after it was folded almost in half.
so I'd say it should never crack there again