Did a little trim work...nothing special

[GamblerZ]

So, I decided to make a little productive use of my time as I was watching the Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions this afternoon. I pulled the damaged trim from the c-pillar to see whether there was any chance to straighten it at all. I pulled out my jewelers hammer, regular hammer, the wife's bamboo cutting board (didn't tell her), and a combination square/round punch chisel. I slowly tapped everything out as to not leave any impressions from the punch in the thin metal and the trim began to straighten itself out. With a mild sanding it will look pretty decent. Unfortunately, the trim has a lip edge that has been created from the plastic/rubber overcoating that was married to the trim which probably cannot be manually reproduced.

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This is as far as a I got before I decided to take a nap. LOL

[GamblerZ]

The area that is still marred is the rubber coating material. The coating can be sanded off and be roughly recreated using smooth bed liner paint. However, the pliable lip edges are virtually impossible to recreate.

[mooreofit]

strait'n it up as best you can and braze on the low spots. ill try to dig up a video.

[mooreofit]

kinda like this. i know its a different surfice but your going to have to get creative. or just save you the effort and by one or snag a good one at the yard.

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[GamblerZ]

kinda like this. i know its a different surfice but your going to have to get creative. or just save you the effort and by one or snag a good one at the yard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRWmpSE-hXk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I had considered brazing, but the trim material is just too thin. I think we are just going to have to find a suitable replacement for it.

[mooreofit]

way less work. time is money.

[JDM AE86]

Is that the bottom trim of the driver side 1/4 window your needing also?

[GamblerZ]

No, it is the rear quarter driver side trim piece on the c-pillar.