thoughts on fixing the snapped off front facia screws

[Pete M]

so this XJ I'm stripping is a bit rustier than I remember (go figure) and a lot of the little trim screws in the front fascia snapped off with no real effort.  what have you guys done to fix this sort of thing?  I did some really hack things to keep my old 88 together up front and I'd rather find a proper fix.  I've never worked with fiberglass before but I don't really need this piece and it's free so I'm totally willing to experiment with it.  

 

 

[neohic]

I had to deal with this with my Eliminator years ago. I ended up drilling out the broken screws, filling with JB Weld, and then reassembling with courser screws. 

[Jeep Driver]

 

 

 

 

 

Core drill out broken screw. 

Epoxy in plastic anchor. 

 

Both of which can be found at bLowes. 

 

 

 

 

[Pete M]

  duh! it's so obvious to me now   thanks!

[Eagle]

8 hours ago, neohic said:

I had to deal with this with my Eliminator years ago. I ended up drilling out the broken screws, filling with JB Weld, and then reassembling with courser screws. 

 

That's what I plan to do with my '88. I think I have two screws snapped of that are supposed to hold the headlight bezels in place. Best solution I can think of. I plan to use stainless steel screws, and liberal anti-sieze.

[SVPete]

I drilled around the broken screw, pulled it out, filled the hole with a chopped fiberglass/epoxy mix, put the marker light back up there and re-drilled a hole.

[Keyav8r]

When you drill it out check the hole size against on of the inserts.  If the hole isn’t too large you could use a small triangular file to make a square hole.