i'm just about to fit my trims along the sides of my 3dr, can someone give me the measurements of gaps etc?
i have a string line round the car using the bottom of the bumper trim inset.




there's 2 lines on the trim do i use the bottom one or do i use the bottom of the trim to line it up?
how many mm should it be from the bottom of the trim to the line on the body of the car?.

 

This is a bitch to do i did mine a month or so ago. I used masking tape and then a 40mm gapnfrom the top line iirc

 

is that a 40mm gap from the top line you can see in my picture to the bottom of the trim?

 

heat them up aswell mate with a hair dryer or something otherwise the glue wont take, theyre go abit floppy though. take you time the fella that did mine fucked them up

 

ok mate cheers

 

Its 32mm up from the door line mate. Got your pm.

Obviously clean it all up first. I used glue remover from the spray shop lads. I then put tape where I would be placing my steel ruler. This protects the paint and gives you the base line at the same time.



I put a meter rule on the side of the car with masking tape first. Start on the door as thats the main one to get right - the ends can follow.



Then it is a simple job to rest the rubber trim on this before pushing it home hard.



The ruler can be slid along the fixed door rubber strip and retaped to rest the front and rear parts on - then it all lines up perfectly



Hope this helps

 

another tip if you are using the repro ones is dont pull them as you stick them down otherwise you get to the end of the door with a good few mm of rubber left as they are quite stretchy

 

Good point Paul, another good reason for resting them on the ruler I guess

 

This is the best side pic that I can find at the moment, anyone got any close ups of the ends and the gaps from the edges?

 

This might also help?

 

nice rep andy

 

Hi James - sorry mate, not sure what you mean???

 

it was replica andy ,sorry for any confusion

 

No worries mate, you'll just have to come and see it close up when you get the chance

You come over for any shows at all?

If so it would be good to say hi

 

when i have g88 finished i intend on coming over andy ,i used to get over years ago to national day.

 

Cough cough........ i wish someone had told me when we were doing mine we were so careful doing it slightly and got to the end of the door and had a couple of mm over - gutted as they used to come with the strongest tape ever so they had to be removed and re-taped

 

I'm going to bookmark this thread

Thanks guys.

 

Where are the repro trims available from ?

 

http://www.rsownersclub.co.uk/rsocbb...d.php?t=294301