Mark:
If the fasteners for the side trim on your Tiger are the originals, then
they are little round metal "buttons," for lack of a better term. The
original side trim basically slid onto these fasteners; one look at the back
side of the trim will show you that the ends have a wider gap to allow the
trim to be slid over the buttons, thereby fasntening them to the car. The
plastic trim fasteners that you get nowadays are NOT like the original
pieces, unless they have been changed within the last couple of years.
At any rate, it's going to be difficult to mix the two styles of fasteners
due to the way the trim goes on the old pieces. My advice would be to drill
them all out and remove them, taking due care not to oversize the holes in
the body. Personally, I like the old original fasteners but, to my
knowledge, they are no longer available and haven't been for many years.
The next best thing is to use what's currently available, which are the
plastic replacement units. Take care installing these as you can sometimes
push a little too hard and cause a bit of a dimple in the side of the car.
And, for goodness sakes, whatever you do, don't let your body man fill in
any of the trim mounting holes. I know of others who have had to drill
theirs out after they have been filled in; unfortunately, mine is like that,
too. That is a job that I'm not looking forward to.
Anyway, good luck and let me know when the paint is on; I'd love to see
Jack's old car when it's done. I'm sure it'll bring back of ton of memories
for me.
Take care,
Andy Walker
B382001600LRXFE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rose, Mark" <mrose@ou.edu>
To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:18 PM
Subject: Chrome trim piece
> Folks-
>
>
>
> I need help on my chrome trim pieces on Mk1a. I have been off the list for
> the last five weeks due to job, so let me know if this has recently been
> covered.
>
>
>
> My body man wants to know what to do with the little metal pieces sticking
> out of the side of the car that hold the chrome trim pieces. He is
stripping
> the paint off right now and wants to know how the new trim will fit on
car.
> I have some new plastic fasteners from Rick at SS but I'm not sure how
they
> work with the chrome pieces. Unfortunately, not all of the original metals
> holders have survived, so do I grind the old ones off and use new
fasteners
> or what?
>
>
>
> Clueless.
>
> Mark
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