Re: Henry's 55 Constellation
Posted by Cli55er On 2014/10/30 10:36:02
I hope so after living through hell to get it there....180,360,500,1000,2000,3000,4000, heavy polish, medium polish, nu finish final polish, 10 different times over the whole car. it sucked. its not perfect, but I saved a ton of money and it looks great for the theme.
on the bottom trim clips, my idea was to take a piece of flat sheet metal of appropriate thickness and cut to size (1.5" tall by whatever)....drill a hole in it to fit the clip portion of a small wire clip such as pictured through the back side and then weld the clip to the sheet metal on the back side. basically making a universal stud type like you describe, only with a wire clip instead of stud.
I am familiar with the universal ones you speak of and may go that route just for the fact that I can seal the hole better from the inside with the metal roofing rubber washer/nut combo. I don't plan on having to take any trim off in the future....knock on wood. the only place I don't think I can reach would be the rear seat area behind the metal panels...but I think either my wife or kid can reach.
the other thing I don't know if I'll beable to find is the windshield retainer pieces.
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on the bottom trim clips, my idea was to take a piece of flat sheet metal of appropriate thickness and cut to size (1.5" tall by whatever)....drill a hole in it to fit the clip portion of a small wire clip such as pictured through the back side and then weld the clip to the sheet metal on the back side. basically making a universal stud type like you describe, only with a wire clip instead of stud.
I am familiar with the universal ones you speak of and may go that route just for the fact that I can seal the hole better from the inside with the metal roofing rubber washer/nut combo. I don't plan on having to take any trim off in the future....knock on wood. the only place I don't think I can reach would be the rear seat area behind the metal panels...but I think either my wife or kid can reach.
the other thing I don't know if I'll beable to find is the windshield retainer pieces.
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