Plastifix

[Dino]

I understand Plastifix is the product of choice for recreating missing pieces on the grille, but is this also the stuff to use when you need to glue a big piece into the grille?

Here's the deal.  At one point, before I owned it, my car must've hit something and damaged the grille.  Instead of removing the grille someone took a nicer grille, cut half of the center section out and glued it into the grille in the car, badly.  The tabs don't line up, they are glued side to side so it looks like crap.

I removed the grille and took it apart.  I have the other grille which is nw missing that half of center section...and it is in overall better shape.  All they had to do was swap grilles but that didn't happen.  What I want to do is remove the sectioned piece and put it back in the spare grille.  I may or may not be abe to line up the tabs, and if I can I need to glue it in place so do I use Plastifix or something else?

[cdr]

acetone will melt it together, but you have to be patient for it to dry after the plastic gets soft. 

[WHITE AND RED 69]

Plastifix is will work for that. It will be tedious and time consuming    but it should hold up fine.

I had a couple areas on mine where the grill fins separated from the outer housing and fixed it with plastifix and it still is holding up. Or maybe look into a plastic stapler. I got one from eastwood and it has worked out pretty good.  

[Lennard]

I used "black plastic fix Permatex" to repair a bunch of grill pieces  and it works great and is easy to shape with sanding paper or file.

[Dino]

My first though was to use acetone or mek, but it would take a while to set.  Now this isn't an issue once the part is in place and I have the time to create new plastic and shape it, but I need something that sets immmediately to keep the piece in place first. I thought about using super glue just to hold it in place, but it's not the best on ABS.  I'l check the Permatex stuff out.  I've been reading some more on Plastifix and I'll use that to recreate a few small missing pieces once I find a good glue.   

[Mopar Nut]

There's this.

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,108426.0.html

[Dino]

Yep that'll work as well!  I think that's pretty much how Plastfix works, same principle but it uses powder instead.  Still, I'm not sure I can use it to hold the piece in place and I can't see myself using clamps on a grille.  I might just give it a shot to fill in the blanks as it's cheaper than Plastifix!

[71 SE3834V]

I have had some success with using JB Weld on plastic parts. As far as my Charger I reattached a mounting tab and "glued" a new universal type light socket onto the rear taillight.