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kobachi
11-20-2013, 06:46 PM
One of the supporting ribs on my rear louvre has been broken since before I owned the car. Right now it's held together with electrical tape, but I'm not convinced this is going to hold as well during the winter months. Is the louvre ABS or fiberglass? If the former I'm thinking a jar of ABS cement would do just fine :D
Tomcio
11-20-2013, 07:01 PM
One of the supporting ribs on my rear louvre has been broken since before I owned the car. Right now it's held together with electrical tape, but I'm not convinced this is going to hold as well during the winter months. Is the louvre ABS or fiberglass? If the former I'm thinking a jar of ABS cement would do just fine :D

This is a common and known problem actually...

The material is fiberglass.

I did some repairs in the past and I've always used a two part epoxy glue that I got at Lowes. It really works very good. My personal preference is to use a longer curing ones, because the 5-minute one starts setting after just two or three minutes and gets very hot during curing. For full strength you still need to wait about 12 hours. So, I would say get a regular one that gives you a lot more time to work with and then leave it for 24 hours to fully cure.
DMCMW Dave
11-20-2013, 07:43 PM
There is always this solution. Aluminum.

http://store.delorean.com/p-10422-louvre-brace-with-logo.aspx
kobachi
11-20-2013, 07:56 PM
There is always this solution. Aluminum.

http://store.delorean.com/p-10422-louvre-brace-with-logo.aspx

Does this fit over the existing part? How does it attach?
DMCMW Dave
11-20-2013, 09:49 PM
Does this fit over the existing part? How does it attach?

It runs alongside the center rail of the louver. It is attached with a bunch of screws/nuts. It reinforces the backbone so that the cracks don't hurt anything, i.e. you really don't need to fix them, and it keeps more from breaking.
Dangermouse
11-20-2013, 11:08 PM
There's a Lowes in Poland?
kobachi
11-21-2013, 12:57 AM
It runs alongside the center rail of the louver. It is attached with a bunch of screws/nuts. It reinforces the backbone so that the cracks don't hurt anything, i.e. you really don't need to fix them, and it keeps more from breaking.

Does it require drilling into the original?
Dangermouse
11-21-2013, 10:36 AM
Yes it does.
DrJeff
11-21-2013, 11:46 AM
Yes it does.

It does look like an original component at least mine does... It doesn't have a DMC logo cut in. I believe on of the options available has the DMC logo.
Tomcio
11-21-2013, 04:38 PM
There's a Lowes in Poland?
No, not yet at least.
I've spent many years living in Florida. I've moved to Poland in 2005. So, I'm more used to Lowes and Home Depot than the local Castorama and others ;)
outatym2001
12-01-2013, 05:33 PM
Everyone here are two threads regarding that Louvre Brace, With Logo part number A1000021.
They are available at any of the DeLorean Motor Company affiliated service centers.

Longer Louvre Struts for DMC Louvre Reinforcement Brace
http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?6472-Longer-Louvre-Struts-for-DMC-Louvre-Reinforcement-Brace

Installed louvre brace
http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?4692-Installed-louvre-brace