ORIGINAL: Brainanator
I like the ziptie idea, I'm using it
adds tensile reinforcement to parts that have ripped apart too large for shoegoo alone.
Only problem being that the "tensile reinforcement" is stronger than the body itself, which has also been weakened by the holes to loop the ziptie through. There are times you just have to come to the conclusion that it's time to get a new body.
The other issue is that there are things we do ourselves in which we have to take the blame for the body failure, like the OP who chopped out his windshield. While a "racer's trick," to aid in airflow though the truck instead of getting trapped underneath it, is not a neccessity for bashing and fun running. There's also something that could have been said for doing it a bit neater, and rounding the corners (to relieve a "crack zone") instead of making them square.
Then there's also the consideration of addressing breakage areas before they crack, as in putting a dab of goop or shoegoo on known stress areas before running the body, instead of waiting for it to start cracking to do anything about it.