Sill/wheelarch trim

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Re: Sill/wheelarch trim

Post by rich@minispares.com »

mk1coopers wrote:I think some of the past trouble with fitting the trim was down to cars having repairs around the sill area making the panel lip thicker, it goes on much easier when when the edge is 'factory' thickness
100% this is correct - when you have a car that's got three cover sills welded on top of each other you are only ever going to get one result

and that's a FAIL!

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Re: Sill/wheelarch trim

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The trouble I had definately wasn't with the thickness of the flange, but the trim it'self.
I can't recall the supplier.

It did indeed come in a roll....expected.....but man it was tough to try and straighten out!

btw....what is the rule of thumb on how far up the front panel the trim goes? I had one car that had it actually go right under the front valance.
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Re: Sill/wheelarch trim

Post by mk1 »

I usually finish the trim behind the bumper.

Variations between batches & suppliers seem to create a lot of different sorts of trim. Some is easy to fit some very difficult. I have never (apart from on one occasion) had any problems with the stuff Minispares sell.
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