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bent trim

dartforforty

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And what?

BTW my brain read that title as bent rim .. anyone else
 
Was this courtesy of USPS? They bent two sets of quarter panel trim for my 66 Belvedere and their suggestion was I should of had them taped to a 2X4.
 
It can be fixed!!
 
Don't blame it on the carrier,blame it on the packaging .That would all have went in a piece of PVC !!
 
Don't blame it on the carrier,blame it on the packaging .That would all have went in a piece of PVC !!

Why should I have to pay to ship a 2X4 or PVC tube to get undamaged trim? Packaged in a cardboard box with 3 inch letters "Do Not Bend" should be sufficient. FedEx was able to do it in a cardboard box and not bend them.
 
Why should I have to pay to ship a 2X4 or PVC tube to get undamaged trim? Packaged in a cardboard box with 3 inch letters "Do Not Bend" should be sufficient. FedEx was able to do it in a cardboard box and not bend them.

Schedule 40 PVC is cheap,if you check the weight,it is not expensive to ship.Would you rather have it make it's location intact or save a few pennies and end up with what you have.You made the choice,you lose in the end .
 
It can be fixed!!

5.7 hemi is right. Overall the pieces look fairly straight, so only 2 bent areas, with 'soft' bends. The trim used?
If there's no sign of cracks, you should be able to slowly, gently 'un-bend' 'em. Just have to be easy on straightening them out.

Crummy deal something like that happens, with pieces hard enough to find.
 
Exactly.... why pay to ship $1 worth of pvc when it's just as easy to fix all those creases... shift blame to the guy down the road who orders the 2 ton engine hoist from harbour freight... mine came poking out the box lucky no body's flat screen ruined my hoist... get a body man to straighten and polish not a big deal to and experienced pro.
 
5.7 hemi is right. Overall the pieces look fairly straight, so only 2 bent areas, with 'soft' bends. The trim used?
If there's no sign of cracks, you should be able to slowly, gently 'un-bend' 'em. Just have to be easy on straightening them out.

Crummy deal something like that happens, with pieces hard enough to find.

Didn't buy used trim to have to fix it.
Easy enough to polish stainless. Bends are opposite of each other.
Looks worse in person.
 
Didn't buy used trim to have to fix it.
Easy enough to polish stainless. Bends are opposite of each other.
Looks worse in person.

Sure thing. Understand your irritation. And, yeah, hard to tell without having it in your hands.
 
PVC is cheap insurance when shipping trim!! Why ship it by USPS any way? They are ok for smaller packages! If it doesn't fit don't ship! in flat rate any way.
 
PVC is cheap insurance when shipping trim!! Why ship it by USPS any way? They are ok for smaller packages! If it doesn't fit don't ship! in flat rate any way.

Agree steve .. their if it fits deals are great but that's it. I use FEDEX for other stuff and found them to be the best for most items
 
Snap a pic of the bent items, maybe I can straighten them.
 
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