Anyone with experience to fit MS 24A3432 n 13H525 clips

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Anyone with experience to fit MS 24A3432 n 13H525 clips

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:( :roll:

Trying hard the whole afternoon to force the clips 13H525 to the window lower chrome trim from MS but no luck! :evil:
It keeps poping out as the clips lost its tension after serveral tries!
Should I need to fit 10 clips on one side or any other option to secure it?
Rich, any tips to help from other experts?

Al :roll:
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Re: Anyone with experience to fit MS 24A3432 n 13H525 clips

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al

i fit the clips to the chrome first (they slide in the the end), then fit the whole thing as a complete item to the door.

you can 'tap' it down to make the clips grab the door by using a rubber hammer
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Re: Anyone with experience to fit MS 24A3432 n 13H525 clips

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:oops:
Rich, Yeap!
I follow exactly what you have advose but it keeps poping out looks like the clips cannot bit the door edge hard enough!
ANy other solution? :roll:
Glue? sealant etc...,?

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Re: Anyone with experience to fit MS 24A3432 n 13H525 clips

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If its the trim and clip thats not sitting on the door ?

I had this problem. It was caused by the new heritage door. The door skin had not been folded over at the top neat enough and was too thick for the to for the clips to sit down on :roll:
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IAIN wrote: It was caused by the new heritage door. The door skin had not been folded over at the top neat enough and was too thick

surely not!

heritage quality just wouldnt allow this sort of shoddy work.....


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we have discoved that the +/- of the upper door frame on the new heritage doors can be as much as 1/8". makes fitting the upper door chromes a problem.....
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ive had same problem
one door fitted fine ,the passenger door lip was double the thickness

strange thing is the heritage door was the one the trim wouldnt fit to,,the pattern door skin door,the clips fitted fine.

mind boggles :mrgreen:
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Re: Anyone with experience to fit MS 24A3432 n 13H525 clips

Post by Pete »

You can understand why original parts/panels fetch such good money when you read stuff like this, it reminds me of the (one and only) time I bought a Heritage Mk1 bootlid, it looked like it'd been finished with a lump hammer !
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