saloon chrome side strips

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Re: saloon chrome side strips

Post by Vince » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:42 pm

Probably why then yes.... ;)

Paul, sorry yes its me being wrong on that, it is the one i remember seeing on the net up in cumbria....with the window being stuck halfway down i hope that hasnt ruined the backseat any which would be a shame.....sounds like a good project fixer upper? the rear quarter glass i can imaging being a sod to do...but your a handy fellow with fixing stuff Paul, so im sure youll work out a way :)

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Re: saloon chrome side strips

Post by chillmax » Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:45 am

Any updates on this, Brian said he's just sold his last set & can't get them anymore, so, what do we do????

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Re: saloon chrome side strips

Post by citroenxm » Thu Oct 04, 2018 12:06 pm

A member on here refurb his own side trims on his car.. A process I'm uncertain of that removed the plastic coating cover and then treated the trim under it..

Can't remember who it was now.. Anyone?
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Re: saloon chrome side strips

Post by chillmax » Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:57 pm

Many thanks for that, but I'm hoping (maybe in vain) for something off the shelf, as I'm not in a position to fiddle with them & would probably bollox it up anyway ;-). I spoke to my painter this morning & we talked about coming up with an alternative but we drew a blank other than the obvious of painting them, the small ones are a bit uneven anyway, so that wouldn't be perfect ;-( Surely someone in France, The Netherlands or Holland maybe has them, they love them there don't they!!

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Re: saloon chrome side strips

Post by xmexclusive » Thu Oct 04, 2018 2:23 pm

There was a Dutch supplier who offered them a good while ago on one of the UK websites.
Search for posts by Mr Taubb.
I suspect though that he was the original source anyway.
All that was supplied was the side strips not the difficult curved ones.

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Re: saloon chrome side strips

Post by chillmax » Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:41 pm

Thanks John, having a look for him now. This is the kind of thing that I wish the CCC would take a lead on, something that would really make a difference to members, remanning stuff that people really want that you can't get, hence why I gave up on them ;-(

I'll let everyone know if I find any.

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Re: saloon chrome side strips

Post by chillmax » Thu Oct 04, 2018 4:05 pm

Yikes, I did it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Front & rear bumper section from Chevronics, bit pricey buy hey & maybe almost no more left, so hurry!!

Side strips, 4+4 here https://www.garage80.nl/en_GB/a-5022631 ... r-winkelen

So I got the full set, amazed ;-)

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Re: saloon chrome side strips

Post by onza100 » Fri Oct 05, 2018 9:33 am

You can wetsand and polish the originals if there is no corrosion under the clear layer of plastic.
I have cut down ones from the doors that have damage to make the smaller parts quite a few times now.
Personally I dislike the stainless ones as the are too bright/shiny and look wrong.

I polished and remade some on this car I did for a friend.

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Re: saloon chrome side strips

Post by chillmax » Fri Oct 05, 2018 10:44 am

Great job in the pictures there ;-) I didn't realise there were different version, SS & other! Some of mine are very lumpy, so I'm not sure this would work, also I'm very lazy, so I want to pay & go ;-)

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Re: saloon chrome side strips

Post by White Exec » Fri Oct 05, 2018 3:40 pm

The originals are plastic inserts. The s/s ones are re-made 'clip in' items, available iirc just for the straight (side) sections.
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