Suggestions on what I should do with cracked splitter

[Lowkeyslow]

So this came in the mail. Already got a refund, they don’t need the product back. Is this fixable somehow? It’s a plastic type material but am not too sure what kind of plastic. I know that matters with plastic welding but I’m not wanting to get into all that and am looking for suggestions on how I can fix this. It’s cracked directly in half and don’t want to resort to zip ties. Thanks

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[Chef jpd]

You could recess and glue in some.support rods or plates on the bottom surface of.the splitter for stregnth and then plastic weld it.together.
The seam will be obvious unless you plastic fill, sand and paint.

 

[17Magnetic5.0]

I would assume it is fixable. I have epoxied 3d printed parts together before to fill in gaps as well as glue them together. Not sure how it would work for a part that big but if it did the process would be to get some epoxy made for plastic, glue it, clamp the parts over night, sand the excess epoxy down to get it smooth, then you’ll probably have to sand the texture on the whole splitter to even it out, prime it and paint it.

 

[FreePenguin]

I would honestly, get it epoxied/whatever is strongest together, make it basically solid as real deal. Then I would sand the entire thing, smooth. And have it painted gloss black, I bet it would look mean. Once it is fixed, and mounted, it'll be reinforced by the clips, there shouldn't really be ANY flexing unless you hit something with the splitter, and it would of cracked new or repaired either way depending on what was hit.

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