Re: Droopy Trim?

[madsen <madsen@home.com>]

Hi Andy

    This happened to my 95 GLX too. I figured I could just fix the old one, but
it was bent out of wack so it was too difficult to make it adhere to the body. I
bought a new door trim.

In your case,  part of the molding has come loose. I suggest you get some butyl
silicone and squeeze some in and temporaily hold it in place with some masking
tape. But first heat up the plastic with a hair-drier to make it pliable.

If the whole trim comes loose and if its not too bent, get some new good 2-way
tape and stick that on(this is how its stuck on from factory), also run a bead
of butyl silicone down the middle.

Good luck!!!

Ken Madsen
Ontario
'95 GLX (black-leather-5 spd)
'87 Vanagon GL (flash metallic silver)
'87 Golf Diesel (charcoal)


Andy Hight wrote:

> On a recent trip up to New York from Washington DC I noticed that my
> passanger door trim molding is just hanging off the door.  It's not like the
> whole piece is hanging off but just 3 or 4 inches.
>
> Any good solutions to fix?  Should I go ahead and take it off so that it
> doesn't stay permanently curved, or should I leave it on and go back to the
> dealer and bitch?
>
> O' I forgot...it's a black '97 GLX.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Andy