adhesive products

[Shimian]

A little section of the rear bodykit has popped up from the car body. Rather than removing the whole kit and repplying 3m tape, are there any adhesive products that i can apply into the gap to make it stick? The gap is about 1-2mm wide so not much can get in other than something in liquid form. Any suggestions?

Thanks

[applio]

try "spry adhesive" from hardware shop. price range from $10 - $30

[Shimian]

Will this stuff damage the car paint? If i decide to remove in the future, its not gonna rip the paint off right?

[aaronng]

Most adhesives will damage car paint when you try to remove them,

[Shimian]

well, 3m tape doesnt if removed correctly. Whereas if i use glue or silicon, removing it might rip the paint off? So unsure what to use to stick it down. I would use 3m tape but the gap is too small to slot it in :(
I asked a installer and he said to use a silicon based adhesive which i can buy from any autoshop. I didnt ask what brand and also cant go to autobarn til weekend.

[aaronng]

I thought you meant adhesive as in liquid adhesive to fit in the gap. If you don't mind tape, just use tape. I'd take the rear lip off and tape the whole thing up again.

[Limbo]

silicone will usually not remove paint, stikflex will though

[Shimian]

Aaronng: Yes i meant a liquid based adhesive. Thats what i was told to use. I cannot use 3m tape as the gap is very very minimal. It would be a pain to remove and reapply tape so i thought there was a quicker alternative.

Limbo: What silicon do you recommend to do this job?

thanks guys. I shall go back to my original installer and see what they can do. Maybe this time put 10kg of 3m tape :thumbsup:

[joey99]

best stuff to use is a thing called sikaflex ... most body shops use it to glue kits on. really good stuff. I glued my side skirts on with this stuff and it won't come off again. double sided tape will just come off eventually.

[Shimian]

As Limbo advised, wouldnt sikaflex rip paint off if i decide to remove kit later? Or is it as easy as removing 3m tape?

[Feverpitched]

A vote for sikaflex here. You'll just have to heat up the glue when it comes time to remove the kit.

[aaronng]

Isn't Sikaflex the stuff used to hold your windscreen down on the car?

[Feverpitched]

Sika the company make lots of variants of Sikaflex, some of which are windscreen adhesives.

link (http://www.sika.com.au/cmi/auto_products_adh.htm)

[aaronng]

Sika the company make lots of variants of Sikaflex, some of which are windscreen adhesives.

link (http://www.sika.com.au/cmi/auto_products_adh.htm)

So which one do you recommend? The urethane one should be the same as the one for the windscreen...

[Feverpitched]

Sikaflex 227 is the one I used to glue a rubber spoiler on to a rusty hatch. Worked a treat.

[aaronng]

Sikaflex 227 is the one I used to glue a rubber spoiler on to a rusty hatch. Worked a treat.

Would you use something that strong just to hold a piece of trim that has detached slightly?

[Limbo]

The silicon i use is gutter silicone Bostick one. Comes in a range of colours and around $8 from bunnings

I've used it on my front lip and holds well and can be removed without ripping paint.

Dunno which sikaflex i used but it certainly took off the paint. that stuff is strong. I used it to stick a mirror in before

[Feverpitched]

I'd squeeze a tiny squirt down the crack but I wouldn't do a full line of it, no.

[aaronng]

Last time I had this stubborn lip problem, I added more tape and held it in by hand for a few minutes to let the tape grip properly.

[Shimian]

Last time I had this stubborn lip problem, I added more tape and held it in by hand for a few minutes to let the tape grip properly.

I would use tape but the gap is very narrow. Unless i can get paper thin 3m tape to slot it in. Maybe ill use one of the items listed above as i probably wont remove my kit any time soon.