• Hi Guest!
    If you appreciate British Car Forum and our 25 years of supporting British car enthusiasts with technical and anicdotal information, collected from our thousands of great members, please support us with a low-cost subscription. You can become a supporting member for less than the dues of most car clubs.
    There are some perks with a member upgrade!
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Subscribers don't see this gawd-aweful banner
Tips
Tips

Aluminum door frame trim

Share this page

L

Legal Bill

Jedi Knight
Country flag
Offline
Hi guys. I was wondering what your best advice is for fitting the aluminum door frame trim to a BJ8? In my case, the old pieces were disgarded, so I do not have them as a pattern. The most difficult looks to be the verticle piece that covers the latch pillar. Any steps on what to cut first, what to align it with as a starting point, and ways to bend it to follow the contour of the pillar lip would be appreciated.

Unfortunately, I do not know who made the set I have. It looks like it will need to have the holes redrilled or enlarged to match the holes for my door latch. Does someone make a set that fits well out of the box?
 
You may want to check out E-bay. I just looked and there is a set of door frame trim listed. I believe they will be listed for another 4 days. It also has a "Buy it now'
 
Do you mean the new sets? that person is on there regularly. He shows a picture of the earlier sets that look very good. I have asked him for a picture of the later sets.

I'm wondering if there is any trick that can be used to put a slight curve on the inside edge of the verticle piece so that it can follow the contour of the pillar?
 
Back
Top