XL200r side panels repair -- plastic welding reinforcement / decal removals

The side panels are in bad shape.

The one panel is cracked on its face
 
and just under it on reverse side shows that the plastic pin that inserts into a grommet on the bike will probably snap off sooner or later.
Am going to try to reinforce it by using soldering iron to 'weld' in layers of plastic-- using the black plastic spoke covers that didn't work on the tires... or even melting/ building/ in layers of zip ties.

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9/11/

so i did finally take the leap and used the soldering iron to heat up the cracked pin stub area and using one of the black plastic spoke covers was able to melt it into the side panel in layers; and then i reinforced the whole area in jb plasti weld on top of it all--

(i don't like the white background- gets dirty just by touching - so now i'll be re-painting the backside in black - which will further hide the black weld - tho once it's pushed into the gromet its doubtful to be seen anyway -- daughter might decide green instead....

IT IS the right side panel that covers the battery box - so rather than having to take the side panel off if or when the battery needs charging i am putting in a battery tender cable that can be connected too a charger without needing to pull the side panel off thus weakening the pin fix...

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I'll just use a heat gun to remove the decals.

After the repairs I'll sand them up
get prepped for sand-able primer - probable etching for a hydro dip print after base paint (a 1957 chevy surf green; paint arrived 8/14)

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8/8/ update
I haven't worked on the side panel prep yet beyond removing the decals and cleaning the parts.

I
haven't made up mind if I'll attempt to use soldering iron to weave weld the plastic or just try good ole fashioned JB PlasticWeld...  or a combo

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8/15

still haven't got to this repair yet.....
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