10 replies to this topic

[DrMcNasty]

The painter that sprayed my car wanted to get a good seal of paint throughout the body work before the pinch seams went on .. so now I have to find a way to put these on and make them stay.

Has anyone done this? If so, how?

Nasty

[RacingGreen]

The painter that sprayed my car wanted to get a good seal of paint throughout the body work before the pinch seams went on .. so now I have to find a way to put these on and make them stay.

Has anyone done this? If so, how?

Nasty

If you mean the cover strips that fit on the seams, then they have small clips underneath them that hold them on.

Mike

[DrMcNasty]

The painter that sprayed my car wanted to get a good seal of paint throughout the body work before the pinch seams went on .. so now I have to find a way to put these on and make them stay.

Has anyone done this? If so, how?

Nasty

If you mean the cover strips that fit on the seams, then they have small clips underneath them that hold them on.

Mike

They do? I thought they got welded onto the seams before paint normally? There are clips? Can someone link me to some of these as I have 4 strips that need to get onto the car and have no idea how I am going to pull that off.

[CobraV8]

Your not going tu pull them off - you are putting them on!

The clips look the same as the ones that hold the chrome along the base of the wind up windows, or the chrome on the rear parcel boxes etc. I am sure Minispares would sell the clips.

[Boycie]

Seam moulding clip- http://www.minispare...=...&title=SEAM MOULDING CLIP
0.14p each

or even better..

stainless steel one- http://www.minispare...=...&title=SEAM MOULDING CLIP STAINL...
0.31p each.

[il-barba]

how many clips would you need for each seam?

[Deathrow]

At a guess I'd say 6, 3 for the top portion and 3 for the portion below the kink in the middle. You could use more though if you wanted.

[rick.spi]

just to add my little bit.

id go for the stainless ones, i know there near double the price but at that price its still well worth it!

[Deathrow]

I have to agree. I didn't know they were available, but now I do I think I'll replace all mine with those for the sake of stopping rust starting.

[1984mini25]

I have heard to that the stainless ones don't grip as well.

[Miniowner123]

don't forget to add the bit of seam sealer at the top of each one, this stops water ingress from the top. you might need a bit of touch up paint though