paulmanta Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Hi, I am after a bag full of good used or new trim clips to fit the big black rubbing strips back on the sides of this 1800 Berlinetta hatch I am restoring, I have not removed the strips yet but experience tells me that the white plastic clips will probably break as soon as I go near them so having a load of spares is a good idea ! Its one of those parts that I thought I would never need as I have always removed the strips when I have done 1800 hatches in the past, I even remember selling the strips and bags full of clips at Billing for pence. ! This car is nice though and its originality is something I am keeping so I need to put the strips back on after I sort out the faded paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanMc Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 1 hour ago, paulmanta said: Hi, I am after a bag full of good used or new trim clips to fit the big black rubbing strips back on the sides of this 1800 Berlinetta hatch I am restoring, I have not removed the strips yet but experience tells me that the white plastic clips will probably break as soon as I go near them so having a load of spares is a good idea ! Its one of those parts that I thought I would never need as I have always removed the strips when I have done 1800 hatches in the past, I even remember selling the strips and bags full of clips at Billing for pence. ! This car is nice though and its originality is something I am keeping so I need to put the strips back on after I sort out the faded paint. DM me your address Paul and I will send you the ones I took off my Manta doors, before fitting them to my Cavalier. I can recall exactly how many I have, but it’s two full doors worth lol It will be in about 10 days though as we are away at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmanta Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 Hi, Many thanks, I will contact you. I am going to gently remove the trims tomorrow if I get 5 mins, I will know then how many I need. I plan on using a hot air gun to warm the strips a bit, hopefully this might deter too many of the big white clips from breaking. I cant mop the car with these sodding great strips on, I wish I could leave them alone ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 (edited) On 02/04/2019 at 22:31, paulmanta said: Hi, Many thanks, I will contact you. I am going to gently remove the trims tomorrow if I get 5 mins, I will know then how many I need. I plan on using a hot air gun to warm the strips a bit, hopefully this might deter too many of the big white clips from breaking. I cant mop the car with these sodding great strips on, I wish I could leave them alone ! I've got a full set of those rubber trims, don't know if there are any clips with them, I'll have a look later on, if there is any you might need Paul, let me know, will only cost you postage. Edited April 3, 2019 by Julian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmanta Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 (edited) I have now done half the car and half the clips are broken, they really are feeble ! Later I will pop a post up with the number needed ! Edited April 3, 2019 by paulmanta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rutts Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Just bought some off German eBay. Postage was almost same as clips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmanta Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 So, finally got a chance to look at this trim clip count. 8 broke out of 28, which isn't bad, I was so careful, used a hot air blower to heat the trim and clip so they were not so brittle but 8 of them just didn't fancy going back on the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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