What do you do to get the silver side trim on best , it is the non S type and I have flairs ( on the car )

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Leave it in the hot sun... it will make it more pliable!

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That is the most trick combination, flairs and non s trim!

Always use the natural coil of the trim so that it bends more naturally around the A-panel and infront of the rear wheel.

You can lay the trim flat in the sun and use a heat gun gently to help mould it on. Take your time and flex it gently more and more while opening up the mouth of the trim with a stubby screw driver.

Some people soften in in hot water, but this has never worked for me, because as soon as it cools it goes stiff again.

Awoody,
As Brett mentioned, in the sun to soften it up. I used a couple dobs of sikaflex instead if the 1/8" rivets.
Then clamped it gently until morning.

Cheers
Alex.

You can avoid using sikaflex and rivets by using seat trim clips under the side trim.

When putting on my GT I used a heat gun and made a mess, i held it too long and needed to replace it.

Heat gun is good, but be careful not to hold it too long as it looses its structure.

I find as you get heat in it pull it tight until it goes straight and the curve is removed and then this makes it much easier to go on.

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Ì've never done this job before , but instead of a heat gun , would a hairdrier be better , ie; not as much heat and risk getting the strip too hot .

great tip that!

what type of seat trim clips?

I don't know about the non-S trim, but the flute trim is a nightmare to fit. I tried all of the above methods. It just isn't made to go from the bottom sill, out onto the flare and look like it is suppose to be there. Anyone who has a perfect fit, deserves a pat on the back. Mini King has the clips to hold the trim onto the sill and flare.

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I've tried hair drier before....ruined it, too hot too fast, and I'm too impatient.

Clipped it onto the edge of the roof gutter on a hot day for a couple of hours - straightened it and softened it in one go. No problem.

Heat gun worked great for me. Just gotta take your time and only 'gently warm' about 15-20cm at a time and pop it on.

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I used a heat gun for mine on the second side and did a better job than the first side with no heat gun.
One thing I did first was measure out how much to long the trim was and then cut of most of the excess, probably about 300mm by memory and then did a practice bend with the heat gun.
This allowed me to see how much heat I could or couldnt use.
This was fitting S trim with flaires. The other comment i would make is not to try and bend it to tight where it goes from the sill to the flair, let it flow a bit and not quite sit right on in the base of the bend, because it just wont bend that sharp.
Hope this makes sense and is of help as it was my first try as well and i am pretty happy with the way it turned out.

Regards

I fitted some to my daughter's GT (with flares) and got them on beautifully. A day later and they had both had a small kink at the flare-to-bodyseam union below the A panels. Grrrr, they are not too ugly though, so I've left them.

Al

thanks for the replies keep them coming.

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