bumper trim question

[jgentile]

my dad and i didnt know that the new style black rear bumper trim, the one nehind the door, was different than the old style chrome ones, whats the trick to swapping them, anyone have a trick?

[Jand3rson]

Do you mean the trim on the bumper itself, or the side moldings?

[jgentile]

side moldings, but specifically the ones behind the doors right in front fo the rear wheel wells

sorry, didnt make that clear enough

[Grant]

read this, it might help...

http://www.r3vlimited.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=16336

[Jand3rson]

You just have to pop them off, they are held on by little white clips. You're most likely going to break the clips pulling the molding strips off, but they are cheap to replace. The strips are a direct swap.

[Sean]

You just have to pop them off, they are held on by little white clips. You're most likely going to break the clips pulling the molding strips off, but they are cheap to replace. The strips are a direct swap.

Are you sure? The 88 and up ones are made to fit the lower rear arches. If they have a pre88, it'll have higher arches and hence they wouldn't be able to cross would they?

You're best bet would be to just take em off, paint them, and put them back on. I don't think they make none chrome pre 88 side strips to fit on the rear. :-\

[MR 325]

The 88+ ones won't ft on pree 88 cars. You'll have to paint your chrome ones.

[DSchultz325e]

I'm pretty sure they are interchangeable.

[jgentile]

tahnks, ya all the strips fit except the rear ones because of the different arches, ill probablly just paint my chrom ones like someone said, i was just wondering if someone had a trick to getting the rear ones to fit

[DSchultz325e]

Uhm I was saying that I think they are interchangeable, even the rears. I remember comparing them and it was like an eighth inch difference between them. I was hoping someone would chime in with 100% answers because I am only 99%.

[hella 325]

i just painted mine, they look good IMO.

[jgentile]

i already tried to put the rear ones on, they dont fit by more than an 8th of an inch, theyre just too long by like 3/4 of an inch, ill probablly end up taking my old chrome ones and painting them all

[Jand3rson]

i already tried to put the rear ones on, they dont fit by more than an 8th of an inch, theyre just too long by like 3/4 of an inch, ill probablly end up taking my old chrome ones and painting them all

But the rest of them do fit, and I've got a parts car shell that has all of the solid black ones on it still. So what I'll probably do is swap them and then just paint the rear ones.

[Giorgio]

i already tried to put the rear ones on, they dont fit by more than an 8th of an inch, theyre just too long by like 3/4 of an inch, ill probablly end up taking my old chrome ones and painting them all

But the rest of them do fit, and I've got a parts car shell that has all of the solid black ones on it still. So what I'll probably do is swap them and then just paint the rear ones.

yeah the rest of them fit, note that the front fenders are indeed different though on early bumper cars (<88)

DSchultz325e - don't be too sure of yourself now ;)

[jgentile]

i already tried to put the rear ones on, they dont fit by more than an 8th of an inch, theyre just too long by like 3/4 of an inch, ill probablly end up taking my old chrome ones and painting them all

But the rest of them do fit, and I've got a parts car shell that has all of the solid black ones on it still. So what I'll probably do is swap them and then just paint the rear ones.

my exact idea