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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Jester on 17 May 2008, 22:34:32

Title: Door Trim
Post by: Jester on 17 May 2008, 22:34:32

SWMBO returned the car today with the rear passenger door trim bent.  It's obviously caught on the front passenger door as it's been opened and forced.

Anyone else suffered a similar problem?  Mother-in-law did it a while ago but I managed to stop it before it got bent out of shape that time...  no such luck this time.

I'm wondering if heating the plastic up might help it return to it's original shape?

The book of lies doesn't cover how it's attached to the door - I'm talking about the black plastic strip that's halfway down the door.

Any ideas?

Title: Re: Door Trim
Post by: markey mark on 17 May 2008, 22:49:22

common problem fella !! they are stuck on with double sided tape a nite mare to get off and leaves a mess !! new from vaux £40ish + vat !! :o

Title: Re: Door Trim
Post by: shanjon on 18 May 2008, 02:45:32

they are a pain in the a*** m8 mine did the exact same thing so i replaced it and only four weeks later the kids have done it again, :( :(

Title: Re: Door Trim
Post by: FRE07962128 on 18 May 2008, 03:25:13

Yes I have had this on almost every car I have had :'(!  

Always found that you can never satisfactorily flatten them back out (especially if chrome trim is integral to it) and purchasing a replacement is always the best option. :y :y

Title: Re: Door Trim
Post by: JesterRT on 18 May 2008, 06:03:58

Damn - Might have known  >:(

Well, it'll be remaining battle scarred for a while then until I get spare cash.  Quite a few things started to annoy me now on the bodywork front - most bizarre one I've got is two small dents on the roof which appeared after leaving it in a B&Q car park one Saturday morning.   :o

Title: Re: Door Trim
Post by: MutantCav on 18 May 2008, 07:33:40

Its a design flaw mate, the strip peels away from the double sided tape over time and then the edge catches on the back of the front door when the back door is opened and prises it away...

Title: Re: Door Trim
Post by: HolyCount on 18 May 2008, 13:39:07

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Its a design flaw mate, the strip peels away from the double sided tape over time and then the edge catches on the back of the front door when the back door is opened and prises it away...

'tis maybe why the later ones slide and clip on -- took 'em years to discover  :-/

Title: Re: Door Trim
Post by: bruce on 18 May 2008, 14:09:34

Here's a "how to", trouble is the clips have to go on the trim first then pushed into to door..if you look at the last photo you'll see what I mean, and the other end is the complete opposite, ie sliding the clip in the other way, so if you break the clips getting the strip off you cant buy them as a separate part as they only come with the strip..my only difference to this "how to" was I used a flexible blade craft knife to save the paint work.

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1192324445

Bruce