'68 Camaro Rear Spoiler Repair

[Roberts68]

Just to be clear,
I didn't mean to bell out the deepest portion of the hole. I can understand your hesitation at that notion.

When I referred to a ball mill I am only talking about like an 1/8" diameter or so burr like in a dremel kit. I would chuck it up real shallow and make a couple rings or grooves in the hole you have there. It may be totally unecessary with a good epoxy but certainly shouldn't be any more invasive than what you have done.

You have to be comfortable with your choice. I am just armchair quarterbacking it... I did however want to describe how small of an area I would relieve.

Then you can just use threaded rod for your studs and the epoxy would fill the threads, the grooves and be stronger than the spoiler itself.

[Mkelcy]

Originally Posted by Roberts68

Just to be clear,
I didn't mean to bell out the deepest portion of the hole. I can understand your hesitation at that notion.

When I referred to a ball mill I am only talking about like an 1/8" diameter or so burr like in a dremel kit. I would chuck it up real shallow and make a couple rings or grooves in the hole you have there. It may be totally unecessary with a good epoxy but certainly shouldn't be any more invasive than what you have done.

You have to be comfortable with your choice. I am just armchair quarterbacking it... I did however want to describe how small of an area I would relieve.

Then you can just use threaded rod for your studs and the epoxy would fill the threads, the grooves and be stronger than the spoiler itself.

Gotcha - I was envisioning going at my poor spoiler with an air tool. Your suggestion makes a lot more sense.

[dhutton]

I would glue in the stud using a two part panel adhesive. It will be in there to stay. 3M 8115 is the one I keep on hand for such repairs.

Don

[sleepertime]

I am in the process of mounting my old spoiler on the new deck lid and I found that the old studs had rusted to the point of not being able to be removed from the spoiler. When I finally got them apart the studs had unscrewed from the spoiler and were unusable, I tried finding replacement studs on the internet with no luck. I ended up making some out of stainless steel all thread and stainless washers. I cleaned up the existing holes and ground numerous notches in the end of the stud before screwing it back into position. I used a two part industrial epoxy. http://www.devcon.com/products/produ...%C2%AE%20Epoxy Hope to get the spoiler mounted this week and see how well it works.