broken cup holder gen 2
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I never have any luck gluing/bonding anything that has the type of forces that initially break it.
I originally drilled and put a steel rod that was epoxied in place to fix mine, but I found a serviceable replacement in the junk yard and swapped it out.
It is rare to find them in decent shape in the junk yard. I bought 4 or 5 for parts but every one had one or more issues.
I don't like to use them, but my passengers do. I do best with the lap cup holder, or it if it is a container that closes I shove it next to the seat belt latch.
They are much more usable than the Gen I, but they are fragile.
I originally drilled and put a steel rod that was epoxied in place to fix mine, but I found a serviceable replacement in the junk yard and swapped it out.
It is rare to find them in decent shape in the junk yard. I bought 4 or 5 for parts but every one had one or more issues.
I don't like to use them, but my passengers do. I do best with the lap cup holder, or it if it is a container that closes I shove it next to the seat belt latch.
They are much more usable than the Gen I, but they are fragile.
tonybrooklyn
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Nice Job Tone!
Good job! I am not that good at gluing something. I'd rather replace the piece with the new one and forget about it LOL When my cup holder broke, at first I thought to leave it as it is, but when my wife took the car and spilled her coffee all over the dash, and it turned out that I was guilty (as my car didn't have a cup holder) I ordered a new piece and had it installed. I ordered an aftermarket but OE-style unit, and I must say it didn't break the bank. :fart:thumbsup:
Your website was wrong. Looks like a cool product.
https://www.thegrommet.com/bondic
This is not a glue or epoxie but a chemical welder. These work the same as welding metal in that they melt the 2 work pieces so the melted material combine into a single unit. The UV allows you to quickly cure it.
There are many UV cured epoxies which are common in circuit board manufacturing
this stuff is also very good. We use it at work allot to build plastic prototypes.
https://www.thegrommet.com/bondic
This is not a glue or epoxie but a chemical welder. These work the same as welding metal in that they melt the 2 work pieces so the melted material combine into a single unit. The UV allows you to quickly cure it.
There are many UV cured epoxies which are common in circuit board manufacturing
this stuff is also very good. We use it at work allot to build plastic prototypes.
Here's where I got the new cup holder, by the way: https://www.carid.com/cup-holders/
I got some of those 5 second fix UV loca weld glue things for fixing my drones, and they work really well for that. I haven't tried for anything really structural, but with the way it works, depending on the part, you have to do layers, mainly if the UV light from the light on the end or the sun can't get where to the liquid is.
It's NOT a glue. It's a bonding type plastic. You have to rough up both sides of what your putting together, doesn't stick to smooth surfaces well. I drill a couple of small holes part way through, to give it something to grab on to. Fill the holes, uv them, and add from there. I do this on both parts. Holding the parts where you want them, I do a couple of jumpers to hold parts in place. Then I build from there. Sandable, can be drilled, tapped, etc. Look at my post Headlight repair. Stuff is awesome
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MarkVIIIMarc
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Is it kinda like JB Weld?
If I had all the pieces to my cup holders I might try that and just paint it black.
If I had all the pieces to my cup holders I might try that and just paint it black.