Damaged gutter rail on Freedom Top

[Dakarider]

I damaged my rear end of gutter rail on top my JT. Was on a narrow gravel road and pulled to right and tried to backup a bit to allow a camper trailer to go by and my wheel slipped off the road right where a metal road sign was that cut my top there. Just fiberglass it appears, any ideas on how to fix something liek that? I'm sure I can't make it look like new but should be able to do something I hope.

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[sass JT]

Ouch man… sorry to hear and see that. I’m not sure how I would repair it. But if you find a do it yourself option I’ll recommend the aev touch paint.

https://www.northridge4x4.com/part/paint/60306010aa-aev-black-textured-touch-up-paint

 

[Zswickliffe]

If it were mine, I'd probably cut the broken section off as cleanly as possible (wear PPE) and then just paint over it to make sure it's sealed.

You could probably try to rebuild it by laying more fiberglass and epoxy over it but I'm not skilled enough for that.

 

[syreeves]

Epoxy it back as best as possible, shave off or carefully sand down any excess epoxy or high spots and then paint. Its on the passenger side so you won't notice. Everyone else will think you scraped it off road leaning hard into a rock or something. You sexy beast... : ) [hope you laugh and don't take offense]

 

[RavensEyeOffroad]

Insurance claim? Replace top or just cut off and smooth/paint.

 

[Mac]

Take the piece off, clean it up mix up some epoxy with a little thickener and reattach the piece, sand it smooth and rattle can it.

 

[u-joint]

Insurance claim?

I agree. I’m not sure what the OP’s deductible is, but for me it’s $50. Assuming you rarely, if ever, have insurance claims, I’d file that in a heart beat.

 

[jsalbre]

I doubt it would be cheap, but a place that does fiberglass work on boats could probably fix that pretty easily.

 

[syreeves]

OP - the more I look at the damage it looks like you had something on the rain gutter like a roof rack (think Yakima rain gutter mount) that was too heavy and broke the raingutter. You said you hit a metal sign and I believe you. My point is that I worry about breaking a rain gutter with weight from a roof rack. If you don't need to put weight on it then your repair options are much more varied than if you need to have weight on it...

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