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In the midst of painting our 60' BT-7 and was wondering if anyone has used "new" fender beading from the catalog guys. My beading is original and could pass, but there are a few dings/small scratches here and there. If the quality of the new beading is any good, would probably like to replace all four. Thanks for any advice.
 
When I put on my newly painted fenders in 95, I used 4 new strips from VicBrit.

They were excellent in fit and appearance.

They came as straight sticks and had to be contoured to the fender line.

I preformed them, finger tightened the fender bolts, then reached under and pulled
on the tabs and bent them over the fender lip. Then finished tightening the fender bolts.

They still look great.

They were not very expensive. Replace yours or you'll always wish you had.

Tim
 
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/iagree.gif Most of the suppliers of the fender beading provide a very good product. I would advise that the metal tabs mentioned by Cotton Top be enclosed in tape to prevent the accidental scratching of the paint.---FWIW---Keoke
 
The beading is stainless steel and the original ones on my car cleaned up beautifully with fine steel wool. Mine did not have any dents or other defects or otherwise new ones would have been purchased. My fenders were painted off the car so when it was time to reinstall them, we bent some of the tabs to hold the beading lightly to the fender and a little "loose" so that the beading was 1/4" or so above the fender line (btw, we put electrical tape on each tab end just to protect the paint in case the beading got loose). With one person holding the beading in this up position, the other person started attaching the fender bolts. Once all the bolts were started, we pushed/pulled on the tabs/beading to align the beading and continued tightening the bolts and rebent the tabs. By the time we got the final fender we really started to get the hang of it /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif

One thing I did notice is that the tip and tail of the front fender bead has a different shape. The tip end is more rounded and tail is more squared off. Not sure if the new beading has this detail but check so you install it correctly.

Cheers,
John
 
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