On Fri, 2 Apr 1999, Carl French wrote:
> Hi there, I am doing my chrome strips tomorrow (4/3) at work. I have
> Porter's/haynes etc but I was looking for any last minute pearls of
> wisdom.
The revelation I remember (it's been 3 years) was that you do *not* want
to tap them on with a hammer... either it will take all day or you will
hit it hard enough to dent... Note: I *did* use a wadded up shop rag as
padding.
Unfortunately, the best technique I found was to use the heel of my hand.
It kinda hurts but works a treat. If you have a leather-faced hammer that
might work too.
I really irritated myself by denting one of the strips. Care in removing
the old ones may let you reuse the best one if necessary (if you bugger
one up). I didn't use care in removing, so now I have a newish but
pre-dented strip on one panel.
It's pretty easy, and makes a difference in the appearence... of course,
I drove for a significant period without trim strips when I got the car...
it was stripped for a lousy paint job and never fully reassembled.
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