[Healeys] BJ8 Door trim panels

[Jean Caron]

Stephen,
Yes the "U" shaped channel fits over the front edge of the door and should fit without trimming the edge. What is most important is that the holes for the door handle and the window handle are properly centered with the square mechanism that protrudes. Same goes for the two holes at the top of your trim for the pull handle. If these all line up, and if is the key word here, you are indeed lucky, then you can put your clips in the door panel and gently line them up with the holes in the door and push them in place. If the holes for the handles do not line up properly, you will have a few hours of work measuring and even moving this "U" shaped channel, new holes, new rivets etc.
The fun never cease.............

Jean 

Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 01:28:48 +0000
From: s.hutchings at rogers.com
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] BJ8 Door trim panels

I'm putting together the trim panels on my BJ8 doors, and I have a couple of questions about the way they fit.I've got the clips and I can see where they match up, but I had some squeezing down at the bottom front end when closing the door. I have new trim panels and I notice that the front edge is a sort of U channel. Does this U channel wrap over the front edge of the door? The vinyl wraps over the back of the panel which would make that impossible without trimming it back, but maybe that's what I should do?
I notice there are no places for clips on the front edge.When I took my old panels off they were non-original, and had been screwed on, so I'm learning as I go.I've attached a photo of the edge I'm talking about, with the vinyl pulled back a little.

Thanks, Stephen

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