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Hi guys,
I am in the middle of making some new door cards and getting them ready to send to my trimmer, my old door trims were screwed in place on the doors, i would like to go for a more cleaner look, so what i would like to know is,
what is the easiest way of fitting trims to steel doors, which type of clips are easiest to fit ?
I need to fit them to the door cards and mount them to the doors to make sure they fit right before i send them to the trimmer, and i just thought that one of the resident trimmers here might be able to suggest an easy type to use.
thanks in advance, cheers barnsey

ps, I am using 3mm mbf for the door cards.

Originally Posted by barnsey

Hi guys,
I am in the middle of making some new door cards and getting them ready to send to my trimmer, my old door trims were screwed in place on the doors, i would like to go for a more cleaner look, so what i would like to know is,
what is the easiest way of fitting trims to steel doors, which type of clips are easiest to fit ?
I need to fit them to the door cards and mount them to the doors to make sure they fit right before i send them to the trimmer, and i just thought that one of the resident trimmers here might be able to suggest an easy type to use.
thanks in advance, cheers barnsey

ps, I am using 3mm mbf for the door cards.

Obviously I can't give you a brand name that for sure would be available there, but Dorman with their HELP Products here have many different kinds of upholstery fasteners. Mine has the the spring clips which are a pain, but there are a lot of the plastic "Christmas Tree" retainers as well. Here's a web site so you can at least look at what's available: http://www.yourautotrim.com/clips.html

and the Dorman HELP cat http://www.dormanproducts.com/flipbook/Help/help.html

thanks Dave, i will check them out, i just want something that is simple to install, i have found some over here, but they are the offset type and require too much thinking to install, ie the hole in the trim is offset to the hole drilled in the door.
thanks for the links
cheers barnsey

Originally Posted by barnsey

thanks Dave, i will check them out, i just want something that is simple to install, i have found some over here, but they are the offset type and require too much thinking to install, ie the hole in the trim is offset to the hole drilled in the door.
thanks for the links
cheers barnsey

Yep them's the babies I have in mine - but since I farmed the upholstery out, that was his problem - that is until I went to reassemble the car after paint Those @#$% things bend easy.

We use AU VE CO #808 clips