scenic760
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- Joined
- Jan 12, 2021
- Posts
- 335
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- 219
- Location
- SoCal
- First Name
- Chris
- Truck Year
- 1981
- Truck Model
- Suburban K10
- Engine Size
- 350
Hey all,
It looked like the 1981 GMC grille is a one off for that year and I didn't have much success finding a new/repro one so I decided to clean up what I had.
I had some missing fins so I laminated a few sheets of fiberglass to the correct thickness, cut/sanded them to size dimension and epoxied them in with the surfboard epoxy. The repair is super solid and sturdier than the surrounding material. Here is a link for the epoxy if anyone is interested. https://fiberglasssource.com/collec...ducts/apex-surfboard-epoxy-resin-3-gallon-kit
The other thing I did was take some steel wool and carnuba wax to rub down the metal tape parts which seemed to work well.
Many thanks to all the board members for helping me get the right colors! I used Argent Silver and the Chevy red/orange
It looked like the 1981 GMC grille is a one off for that year and I didn't have much success finding a new/repro one so I decided to clean up what I had.
I had some missing fins so I laminated a few sheets of fiberglass to the correct thickness, cut/sanded them to size dimension and epoxied them in with the surfboard epoxy. The repair is super solid and sturdier than the surrounding material. Here is a link for the epoxy if anyone is interested. https://fiberglasssource.com/collec...ducts/apex-surfboard-epoxy-resin-3-gallon-kit
The other thing I did was take some steel wool and carnuba wax to rub down the metal tape parts which seemed to work well.
Many thanks to all the board members for helping me get the right colors! I used Argent Silver and the Chevy red/orange
