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Is your Trim Aluminum or Stainless steel?? Im looking for Stainless trim kit before I go and settle on the ALuminum. Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Schroeder" <schroeder@purdue.edu> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 10:56 PM Subject: [T3] chrome trim strips > I just got some new chrome trim strips from CIP that I'm getting ready to > install and I've got the clips that came with it. For the lower strips (the > fat ones that run along the rockers), those came with metal clips that were > fairly easy to install, or so it seemed, although they didn't pop in all the > way, I feel if I put too much pressure on it, it will bend the trim. It's > stayed on for a few days now anyways. But the thin pieces that run along > the middle of the fender across the length of the car have these white > plastic clips. I can't figure out how to install the trim with these. I > can see which part "clips" into the hole in the fender, and which part > "clips" into the groove on the trim, but I can't figure out how to do it > without damaging the trim since these clips have a little piece that sticks > out and looks as if it's supposed to pop in when the chrome strip is > installed. Maybe the holes in my fender are too small, but I can't push > hard enough to pop the clips in without damaging the trim and I don't want > to try anymore in fear of ruining the trim. > > Any help? > > Thanks, > > Jacob > '72 Squareback > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > >