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February 14, 2004
G'day Terry
I think Trevor could be on to the problem. It sounds like you are fitting the clips upside down. There is no way the two "ears" should hit the bodywork - they will face out from the body at about 45 degrees. The flat side of the clip should be flush with the body.
If you are fitting them upside down, a small washer will not help - the trim will be loose after it is fitted. And I certainly would not suggest sliding the trim on - you are guaranteed to scatch the paint. The scratch might end up covered by the trim, but it will be the start of some rust.
Not that it matters, but I always fit the two ears to the top. I guess because it's easier to push down on the trim to fit it than it is to push up.
I have seen at least 3 different versions of these clips, I guess made by different manufacturers. One type I bought just didn't fit no matter what you did. Now I could be wrong here, but if you are in the busines of remanufacturing (copying?) original parts, I would have thought it would be no harder to copy then right than to copy them wrong! But I must be mistaken - there are so many reproduced parts that just don't quite fit.
I presume you also have the "stud plates". These are rectangular platesd, with a stud welded to them, that slide inside the trim. The stud passes through a hole in the panel and you screw a nut onto the back. There is one per piece of trim - the centre of the door, the rear end of the rear mudguard (OK, fender if you prefer) and the front end of the front mudguard. They serve two purposes. Firstly they securely locate the trim so that it doesn't slide. And in the case of the front trim, since it follows a slight curve as it approaches the headlight, the stud plate here stops the tim from popping off the clips.
Good luck, and avagoodday
Colin
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Posted on February 14, 2004 07:02 AM
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