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Old 05-07-2010, 05:36 PM   #130 (permalink)
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I think you may be confused, He hasn't epoxied the center cover to the to the wheel, he has epoxied a fiberglass cover OVER the center cover.
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Near as I can tell, he laid up the fiberglass over mold-release coated, wheel covers. Then he went back and epoxied the fiberglass part back to the center of the wheel covers?

I'm wondering if it makes sense to just layup the glass-epoxy and let the epoxy bond the whole part to the wheel covers. Then trim the excess and be done.

Epoxy to the center of the wheel covers versus using a nut and bold is what I'm trying to understand.

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