Mike,
I went to the local NAPA store and bought some spray on 3M adhesive. I
coated the pads and the door and installed. OK, not quite that simple.
First I did a dry fit to see how they would fit and what I needed to
do to make sure they fit right. You will need to loosen the door
panels to slide the extra flap of the pad behind the panel. I had to
trim just a little bit of the pad in a few places to make sure
everything fit well. I also had to punch holes in the extra flap of
the pad to allow the metal connectors to slide into the holes in the
door to hold the door panel on. The results were great. Looks very
nice and is extremely solid with no give when I pull on the door pulls
to close the door.
Aaron
Aaron Cropley
71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
http://www.triumphowners.com/108
Topsham, Maine
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Corbitt <Michael_Corbitt@ous.edu>
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Sent: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 20:51:03 -0700
Subject: Door crash pad installation
I got some new crash pads with the fingertip pulls for the tops of
the doors.
These sure look to be an approvement over the black duct tape the PO
had here.
In looking at these, I'm not sure how they are attached to the door?
Are they
just held in place by the door's inner waist weatherstip on the outside
and the
door panel on the inside? Should contact cement be used to firm the
grip up?
Would appreciate opinions from those of you who have replaced these
before.
Mike
Corvallis, OR
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