Centerline
Well-Known Member
For those of you who own a '64 Polara, you already know that hanging the stainless side trim can be expensive. The plastic hangers for the wide trim alone run between $150-$200, and that's if you can find them.
Well, I'm not willing to pay that kind of money to mount my trim. After some experimenting I found a simple and inexpensive solution. I used Door Trim Panel Fasteners for the wide trim and Square Head Moulding Clips for the narrow trim.
The square head clips may need to be narrowed slightly depending on the brand you use in order to fit in the narrow stainless trim. Just because it says they're 1/2" doesn't mean that's the exact measurement. Mine did need to be narrowed a bit and this was done by squeezing them in a vice just enough to make the two curved ends overlap slightly. This allowed them to slip onto the trim easily. Here is a piece of narrow trim ready to be mounted.
The wide trim requires you to cut small squares out of sheet metal and drill a hole for the door panel clips. These clips may also require a little squeeze in the vice in order to make room for the clip between the sheet metal and the trim. Takes all of 15 seconds in the vice to do this. Here is one piece ready to mount.
Some may feel these aren't strong enough to hold the trim on reliably but if they can hold a door panel on with all the vibration and shock of closing the car doors, I think they'll hold some light stainless on the car just fine. Finished product....
Well, I'm not willing to pay that kind of money to mount my trim. After some experimenting I found a simple and inexpensive solution. I used Door Trim Panel Fasteners for the wide trim and Square Head Moulding Clips for the narrow trim.
The square head clips may need to be narrowed slightly depending on the brand you use in order to fit in the narrow stainless trim. Just because it says they're 1/2" doesn't mean that's the exact measurement. Mine did need to be narrowed a bit and this was done by squeezing them in a vice just enough to make the two curved ends overlap slightly. This allowed them to slip onto the trim easily. Here is a piece of narrow trim ready to be mounted.
The wide trim requires you to cut small squares out of sheet metal and drill a hole for the door panel clips. These clips may also require a little squeeze in the vice in order to make room for the clip between the sheet metal and the trim. Takes all of 15 seconds in the vice to do this. Here is one piece ready to mount.
Some may feel these aren't strong enough to hold the trim on reliably but if they can hold a door panel on with all the vibration and shock of closing the car doors, I think they'll hold some light stainless on the car just fine. Finished product....
