A slight diversion while I'm waiting for some paint to dry.
The little footrest for your left foot in the driver's footwell has been something I've loved for years. But during this repair I got to collect the various pieces it's ended up in, hoping that they'd find their way back together.
I figured out that the plastic is polystyrene, which gave me hope that it might be glued back together with epoxy. (Some plastics really don't take to gluing).
As the fractures were mostly along the lines of the strengthening ribs, I wanted to add a few extra ribs to ensure they wouldn't break in the same place again. I went with 1/8" acrylic after some debate as I thought steel would rust (and I'd have to paint it) and aluminum would be more expensive than necessary.
I cut a few notches in the existing ribs and then sanded all the surfaces before gluing.
The first bits after drying.
