Hey guys, I’m repairing my enclosure that the screw head busted completely through the enclosure.
I have been advised to sand the part you wish to reinforce or repair before fiberglassing over it. The inside is apparently painted and doesn’t adhere really well. Then fill the hole.
I would probably try to drill somewhere else but you’d have to drill your deck and fill its hole too.
Yeah like @Tamatoa said, the insides (and outside) of those enclosures are painted so for the best adhesion, you really wanna sand that paint off.
Buuuuttt, seeing’s you’ve already come this far, i’m not too familiar with JB weld, but what I would do is use milled glass fibres mixed with resin to fill up the hole, and i’d be tempted to put at least a thin cloth on the outside as well.
Thanks for the input, I’m gonna go forward and see what happens. 
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The through hole you made was too big from the begining, I suggest the use of aluminum washers for the future.
You need to completely sand off the paint and fill out the holes with fiberglass sheets and resin, let it dry and them sand the excess down, finally paint it with spray paint.
You could also use slow cure JB weld epoxy and sand the excess down if you want an easier fix.
Thanks for the reply. My though hole was not to big. It was 5.3 mm for an m5 screw. I assume my fault was Screwing it down without the gasket on, and torquing it down to fit the ends of the deck , as there was about a 13mm gap on the ends. Either way, I’ll fix it. The enclosure is beautiful by the way
Don’t use JB Weld, it’s too hard for this. Use something like West System 650 and anywhere you can’t use glass weave, mix milled glass fiber into the resin, like for filling the hole. Sand everything and clean with isopropanol before applying epoxy.
Also to know when to add additional coats.
You want to do one of two things:
OR
Doing anything else could cause delamination issues. 1) works better because the polymer chains cross the layer boundary. But 2) works fine. Doing it other ways has more risks.
Alan told me it is, which I thought was weird. I literally thought the enclosure was too large but he said that for the evo the screws would bend it enough to seal (you should use a gasket ofc)
That sounds like a defect. If the deck was used as the buck for molding the enclosure, it should be an exact fit unless something warped (or intentionally designed that way?). I’m no fiberglass expert, just saying.
Oh i believe you, its just odd.
Could it be the variation in trying to make it fit the evo 39 and 40? If so, I understand, if not, 
They’re the same. It’s just different websites have a different number apparently.
Was not aware of that
I’m like 99% sure.
