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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 04 2:37 am
by Anonymous
Alex: Clips arrived today, ta! not had chance to try on, not touched car today
Ivor: Tallest clips hold front bottom trim (10 of them) thats about all i can tell u. i misplaced all my clips a while back, so used Datsun ones on my back window
annoying that none of the suppliers of these clips tell you what ones are what.
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 04 9:45 am
by Ivor
Thanks Will, I've got a load of clips from the back window mixed in with the fronts too
this is gonna be fun...plus Alex gave me some spares...
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 04 1:48 pm
by Matt
OK - largest clips along the bottom rail:
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 04 1:51 pm
by Matt
three of these up each side rail
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 04 1:55 pm
by Matt
THe top rail on my untouched donor car had a shallower clip at each end , which wasn't included in the clip kits, here's a pic , although I suspect the ones in the kit could be made to fit
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 04 1:59 pm
by Matt
THe rest of the top rail uses the same clips as the side . Total of 8 clips along the top rail , including the odd ones at the ends. Basically , the clips should install butted up against the pinchweld, and the tip of the clip should then fall a short distance inside the roof contour , to allow for the thickness of the trim .
Right , I'm off to Devon to surf till Sunday - have fun with the clips !
Posted: Thu Jul 22, 04 2:03 pm
by Matt
oh yes - the clips will be sprung quite tight against the body , which can make installing the trim abdsolutely pant-wetting with all that new paint about . ONce the clips are screwed on you can 'adjust' them away by prising (carefully) with a screwdriver, and then the trim will slip in much more easily.
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 04 3:09 pm
by Ivor
Matt, you are an absolutely top bloke!
I'll make a copy of this, just in case it doesn't temain in the tech archive!