External Door Panel/Trim

1. soapster Newbie Joined: Feb 2009 North Yorkshire Posts: 2

   #1 2nd February 2009, 13:05

   Hi,
   My wife has a 1997 Mk1 VTR in Posiedon Blue, she has owned the car since new,80,000 miles. The passenger side external doortrim/bump strip is comming off I have had a look and its not just the fastening clips that are broken, the metal brakets to which the clips are fixed have come away from the trim. Has anyone any experience of fixing the brackets back to the trim, they must be glued/heat welded during manafacture. If this is not viable any ideas about fixing the trim back without removal Ive read a lot about Tiger seal but cant see how this will work as the bump strip is a large void?
   
   Or has anyone got a trim in the North yorks area??
   
   thanks Soapy
2. blackvtrt Established Member Joined: Jun 2008 Newcastle/ Billingham Posts: 1873 02 Gold Cleaned OEM+ VTR

   #2 2nd February 2009, 19:55

   you can just expoxy resin the clips back on mate, dries quicker than tiger seal and grips plastic nicely
3. soapster Newbie Joined: Feb 2009 North Yorkshire Posts: 2

   #3 2nd February 2009, 21:13

   Thanks,
   
   Will give it a go when there are no Polar Bears lurking!!!
4. paul1990 L-plater Joined: Apr 2009 dumbarton Posts: 72 citroen saxo

   #4 3rd May 2009, 18:04

   this might be daft thing to ask but how do you remove the trim on the side of the car and also the black bits on the front and back of the car i want to spary them and put them back on
   cheers
5. paul1990 L-plater Joined: Apr 2009 dumbarton Posts: 72 citroen saxo

   #5 3rd May 2009, 18:05

   sorry to hijack this thread lol
6. Matty_VTR Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2007 Darlington/Newcastle Posts: 2609 Saxo VTS / Twingo RS133

   #6 3rd May 2009, 19:48

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by paul1990 this might be daft thing to ask but how do you remove the trim on the side of the car and also the black bits on the front and back of the car i want to spary them and put them back on cheers

   You need to carefully pries them off, note they are also fixed with tigerseal glue stuff so can be quite hard to get them off.

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7. paul1990 L-plater Joined: Apr 2009 dumbarton Posts: 72 citroen saxo

   #7 3rd May 2009, 20:51

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Matty_VTR You need to carefully pries them off, note they are also fixed with tigerseal glue stuff so can be quite hard to get them off.

   so a take it that you would use tigerseal to put them back on aswel , so is it the same for the bumper aswel at the back and front?? daft things to ask i know lol
   cheers
8. HeathyGT Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2009 Stoke On Trent Posts: 117 mauritius 106 GTI , Punto GT

   #8 3rd May 2009, 20:56

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by paul1990 so a take it that you would use tigerseal to put them back on aswel , so is it the same for the bumper aswel at the back and front?? daft things to ask i know lol cheers

   bumpers are all one piece mate
9. paul1990 L-plater Joined: Apr 2009 dumbarton Posts: 72 citroen saxo

   #9 3rd May 2009, 21:09

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by HeathyGT bumpers are all one piece mate

   how do you mean ? basicly i want to remove the front bumper and spray it and do the same with the front ,i dont like the black bits thik would look better all red,ant idea how i would go about it