Daytona SS Pillar trim install

[Stucat]

Having an install issue with the SS pillar trim on a Daytona. Car was all apart when i got it so I don't have any close up pics showing how it looks? I can install the 3 screws on the side near the gasket retainer channel. The windshield side get those 4 tabs screws? . Big gap between the molding and the windshield gasket. Looks like ****. Also doesn't fit well in the area when putting the trim over the rain gutter chrome pc. Can anyone send me some pics of what it should look like from their Daytona. Also is the hood pin 13" 0r 18".

 

[SgtSuperbird]

There is a gap, window side, both left and right, on mine. In a close up, I can actually see body paint, but you really have to look. Lanyards are 18".

 

[odcics2]

IIRC, dum dum covers the inboard screws.
Maybe not all the cars got it?

 

[SgtSuperbird]

Mine was restored in the early 90's, by the way, so it's not original.

 

[odcics2]

Dodge Daytonas were built with aerodynamics as the main goal. As part of the conversion, the thin windshield trim pieces ordinarily found on a Charger were replaced with wide stainless pieces to help with aerodynamics. A factory feature often overlooked in restorations is the dum-dum sealer pushed into the gaps where these trim pieces meet the windshield gasket.

 

[Stucat]

Thanks for all the help. Odcics2 Did the trim get all 7 screws?

 

[odcics2]

On a production car, yes.
Inboard screws are dum-dum covered...

Looks nasty, but that's how it was originally.

 

[SgtSuperbird]

That's an awesome detail fact AND picture, Greg! After I took the pictures for Stucat, I thought, why would there be a gap like this when this is an aerodynamic feature? You've clearly answered the question! Thank you. Yes, it looks cleaner without the dum dum, but...

 

[odcics2]

I remember seeing original Daytonas in the early 80s, just over 10 years old and unrestored. The dum-dum was put on by just laying in and using fingers to flatten it out. Very crude looking. 3M strip caulk is pretty close today, unless you can find some vintage stuff. (I would buy the 3M and also look all over for the real stuff)

 

[SgtSuperbird]

I've used the 3M strip caulk before, and I would definitely recommend it for certain applications.

 

[Stucat]

I put the pillars on today. I actually did a little bending here and there. got them to fit with out any tension on the trim pc when I put in the 4 screws on the side with the tabs. I put the 3M strip caulk on after on PS. It looks like a 2 year old did it. So on the DS I fitted and screwed the trim.Put masking tape about 1/16" from the trim edge on the windshield, took of the trim. Laid down 3m lined up with the tape. Put the trim on, had small cutouts for the 4 screws. I will get a pic tomorrow as the car is at my shop. Looks a hell of a lot better.

 

[odcics2]

Some guys at Creative Industries would bring their kids in to work to help out on the Daytona program, since it was a rush deal!

 

[RealWing]

What about Superbirds? I didn’t see anything in the drawings or factory documentation.
Jim

 

[odcics2]

What about Superbirds? I didn’t see anything in the drawings or factory documentation.
Jim

Nope.

 

[odcics2]

That's an awesome detail fact AND picture, Greg! After I took the pictures for Stucat, I thought, why would there be a gap like this when this is an aerodynamic feature? You've clearly answered the question! Thank you. Yes, it looks cleaner without the dum dum, but...

Original car.....

 

[SgtSuperbird]

Damn, Greg, all I can say is wow. (And not in a good way.)

 

[odcics2]

Had a visit today.