p.smitty
Well-Known Member
By any chance, does anyone have any of the aluminum trim pieces that are attached to the interior door panel for a 72 E9? I am in need of one set for one door.
Thank You,
Pat
Thank You,
Pat
interior door panel
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i've been looking for years. i think ebay is best bet, by finding a whole door panel and then selling the panel after taking the trim. I've lost a couple of auctions. I wish they would remake these.
chuck
good luck
chuck
good luck
i will probably have a set for sale in some weeks,
i am renewing my LH door with new stuff
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i am renewing my LH door with new stuff
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"new stuff"....please tell where you found it!
I am still looking into remanufacture....
It is a slow process
It is a slow process
backsandtax
New Member
How do these trim pieces attach? I have one on the passenger side that rattles and drives me crazy. I haven't looked at it yet to try and tighten it up but is it easy to do? It is loose enough that it will slide back and forth a few millimeters.
rattlepaneltrim
The short answer is that it is an easy fix...the whole answer is that unfortunately, to do it right, you must remove door hardware, and the panel from the door...The small chrome trim has a section like an almost closed staple, and this channel section holds within it, (often loosely, in your case..)a pronged molding...and the prongs, every 3" or so, go through a respective hole in the door card (the pressed board panel that your vinyl covering goes over) and then bends against itself to secure the small chrome trim...like a metal closure on a large mailing envelope. Over time, the holes in the pressed board will enlarge/ream out so that the prongs can move, as yours does, from front to back....
SO...if you need to clean your window motors, or other interior door job, its a good time to check out your door cards...and possibly make new ones from the proper thickness of plywood if yours are soft from time/moisture. (note:too thick, and the vinyl will not re-install properly, too thin, and the staples will shoot through...and the plastic thingies that hold the panel to the metal door frame wont attach properly..does it sound like I have travelled both wrong roads before...?) If your door cards are ok, and the rattle is just the pronged molding moving within the chrome trim, then you need to JB Weld the molding to the inside of the chrome trim after the above removal of the door cards...For door card removal instructions, check the e9 site archives as I think I remember seeing the how-to...
Easier temporary fix might be to cut couple of small sections of rubber band (or better, booger glue from a magazine insert...you know, the stringy stuff..) and work it behind the chrome trim in a couple of places with as not-sharp, thin scraper or spatula, to serve as a pressure "gasket" to keep the rattle down to a whisper...
I doubt that any of this is in the bmw blue book manuals...good luck.
Dave V. in NC
The short answer is that it is an easy fix...the whole answer is that unfortunately, to do it right, you must remove door hardware, and the panel from the door...The small chrome trim has a section like an almost closed staple, and this channel section holds within it, (often loosely, in your case..)a pronged molding...and the prongs, every 3" or so, go through a respective hole in the door card (the pressed board panel that your vinyl covering goes over) and then bends against itself to secure the small chrome trim...like a metal closure on a large mailing envelope. Over time, the holes in the pressed board will enlarge/ream out so that the prongs can move, as yours does, from front to back....
SO...if you need to clean your window motors, or other interior door job, its a good time to check out your door cards...and possibly make new ones from the proper thickness of plywood if yours are soft from time/moisture. (note:too thick, and the vinyl will not re-install properly, too thin, and the staples will shoot through...and the plastic thingies that hold the panel to the metal door frame wont attach properly..does it sound like I have travelled both wrong roads before...?) If your door cards are ok, and the rattle is just the pronged molding moving within the chrome trim, then you need to JB Weld the molding to the inside of the chrome trim after the above removal of the door cards...For door card removal instructions, check the e9 site archives as I think I remember seeing the how-to...
Easier temporary fix might be to cut couple of small sections of rubber band (or better, booger glue from a magazine insert...you know, the stringy stuff..) and work it behind the chrome trim in a couple of places with as not-sharp, thin scraper or spatula, to serve as a pressure "gasket" to keep the rattle down to a whisper...
I doubt that any of this is in the bmw blue book manuals...good luck.
Dave V. in NC
not in the blue, but in the dequinceys manuals ;-)
blue
Yours are probably more dependable, and easier to read...
Yours are probably more dependable, and easier to read...
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Robertsocal
Active Member
I want those deQuincey manuals!
Rob
Rob