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Old 06-06-2012, 02:54 PM   #34 (permalink)
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Looks good, did you do anything to the bumper to get the glass to adhere better? I almost did this back in 09, but the civic that did the foam/fiberglass bumper back then, he had problems with it cracking off of the bumper. The polyester resin doesnt stick to plastic very well. In the audio world, a lot of times, we'll drill a bunch of small holes through the plastic to get it to adhere better.
Actually, I used epoxy resin, which I understand has better adhesion properties than polyester resin to non-porous surfaces like plastics. I haven't had any problems so far (knock on wood).
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