Damn potholes got me... carbon fibre repair?

[CrippsCorner]

Any ideas on repairing this? Gutted tbh, I guess most go this way eventually. At least I got six months out of it!

 

[richd]

Take a picture of the pothole, send it off to the council lol

 

[Stefan.]

my advice don't have a carbon splitter on a low car. it is inevitable that you will catch/crack it sooner or later

 

[MancmanRS200]

Ouch !! kin potholes i wince now when i dont see the ones to avoid some on the M5 are truly awful stay out of the first lane is my advice.

 

[plymcl172]

How deep was it? Looks more like u have gone over a rock

 

[CrippsCorner]

Well, I say potholes... my girlfriend referred to it as 'Afghanistan Road' :dead: really shouldn't have attempted it.

 

[Thomaspaddock]

if you take a pic of the pothole and send it what happens?
cracked my bumper on one of the buggers.

 

[MartinR]

Tbh it will be worse than that pretty soon. Mines near enough matt finish now after snow ploughing with it.

Take it off and give a few coats of lacquer

 

[CrippsCorner]

Is it worth filling it in with resin or something?

 

[Greeny.]

Fit a rubber one and never look back

 

[Dr HMS Derv Destroyer]

resin fill the chipped bits, and lightly sand it , lacquer and done

alltho it will just get battered again anyway lol

 

[Mr Plums]

Wouldnt using fine grade paper then compunds and polishes make the scratches look abit better like it would with paint?

Im not sure at all when it comes to carbon fibre.

 

[Bodge!]

Fit a rubber one and never look back

Ring Skoda
Spend <£15

​Result

 

[Thrust-Rated]

Mines looking worse for wear now too.
It's got no gloss no more

Tempted to just f**k it off and get a skoda one

 

[Mr Plums]

Are these carbon fibre ones no good then?

Im contemplating getting an origional cup pack one, my skoda one looks ok and its very durable but it doesnt quite look as good as the cup one imo.

Do renault still sell them?

 

[Thrust-Rated]

If it was a show car they are good, but they just get stone chipped and lose their gloss finish.

I think the cup ones are still available but they aren't cheap

 

[Mr Plums]

If it was a show car they are good, but they just get stone chipped and lose their gloss finish.

I think the cup ones are still available but they aren't cheap

Thanks mate

Ill pm the dealer on here when i get around to it.

 

[jenic]

I think cup ones are over £100 at Renault lol

 

[Mr Plums]

I think cup ones are over £100 at Renault lol

Madness for a bit of plastic but ill probably get one when ive bought more important things 1st lol.

 

[Adamm.]

Yeah think the cup pack ones are pretty costly, skoda ones ftw they don't look as good but can take a battering and are cheap as chips.

 

[Thrust-Rated]

I'd rather get through 10 skoda ones

 

[Andyman]

My carbon one gets scraped on a daily basis and apart from one crack its held up great after roughly 5 years on the car. If it was any lower than 40mm though i wouldn't bother

 

[realnumber 1]

I think cup ones are over £100 at Renault lol

iirc £140 without VAT when I checked the other year:S.

 

[Thrust-Rated]

I'm sure Adam at Renault parts Wolverhampton could get one cheaper than that.
Still, get a skoda one

 

[Lawro]

Adam was circa £120 IIRC. Skoda ones are cheap because they look s**t, genuine cup FTW!

 

[Mr Plums]

Adam was circa £120 IIRC. Skoda ones are cheap because they look s**t, genuine cup FTW!

​This... Cant wait to replace my skoda one tbh.

 

[realnumber 1]

They don't look as good but they don't look £120 worse either. Much better than nothing!!

Hope my cup one stands the test of time though.

 

[Thrust-Rated]

Cup ones can crack just as easy too, in fact don't they shatter?

 

[Mr Plums]

Not too bad...

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?687105-Cup-splitter-182&highlight=cup+splitter

 

[realnumber 1]

Not too bad...

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?687105-Cup-splitter-182&highlight=cup+splitter

It is when you compare it to the £12 skoda one though. If they made them out of the same type of plastic then I'd happily pay that for one as it would last..

 

[Mr Plums]

It is when you compare it to the £12 skoda one though. If they made them out of the same type of plastic then I'd happily pay that for one as it would last..

​Fair point mate

 

[CrippsCorner]

resin fill the chipped bits, and lightly sand it , lacquer and done

alltho it will just get battered again anyway lol

Any idea what the best resin and lacquer to get is?

 

[James28]

That don't look to bad tbh, I was expecting to see a cracked splitted when I opened this!

 

[CrippsCorner]

Yeah maybe I'm over-reacting a bit but I'm sure you understand! Just want it looking perfect, but now I get a little annoyed looking at the front each time. I guess I just have to remember everyone seems to crack them eventually lol

 

[Thrust-Rated]

I should take pictures of mine to make you feel better