Repairing fabric splash guard
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If you have the broken piece you can fiberglass it back together at the seperation point. Before you go to that trouble I would look online to see what Ford wants for a replacement part.
JHZR2
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I wonder if it could be unattached, then stitched like they would fix a hole in a football Jersey or whatnot. Alternately, I wonder if you could use an intermediate piece of something robust (indoor/outdoor carpet, window screen, etc), and secure it with nylon rivets and washers.
Is this another....FORD has a better idea....Fabric...
So because German cars use it that makes it good... I rather have plastic or sheet metal...IMO
Thats why I dont drive a Ford....
I will take plastic...
I'd see if I can find a junkyard slash guard and if all of those are rotten too, get the best one there anyway and just consider it a piece of material, to cut out sections of it to replace the damaged ones on yours, sew and/or epoxy them together, or use rivets with washers. I mean overlapping them, not end to end connect the patch piece.
Another option is just cut the torn area straight, and rivet/washer it to a piece of sheet aluminum that is the ear that bolts onto the vehicle. In the case pictured, it looks like a flat mount with enough clearance around it to do that without much trouble.
Another option is just cut the torn area straight, and rivet/washer it to a piece of sheet aluminum that is the ear that bolts onto the vehicle. In the case pictured, it looks like a flat mount with enough clearance around it to do that without much trouble.
Do you recommend rivets to join the fabric to the sheet of metal instead of nuts and bolts?
^ Wouldn't really matter, I mean rivets are cheaper but the typical hardware store rivets are smaller and thus would probably rust out faster.
Since the fabric has demonstrated it is prone to ripping, the main thing to me would be find some nice large washers, like fender washers since they have a large outer diameter relative to their inner diameter. The fastener strength itself would not need to be much besides the potential rust issue already mentioned. If rust is a serious issue then I might even consider stainless sheet and stainless fasteners but the picture didn't suggest there is much rust.
Since the fabric has demonstrated it is prone to ripping, the main thing to me would be find some nice large washers, like fender washers since they have a large outer diameter relative to their inner diameter. The fastener strength itself would not need to be much besides the potential rust issue already mentioned. If rust is a serious issue then I might even consider stainless sheet and stainless fasteners but the picture didn't suggest there is much rust.
