This may be an odd or silly question. Will the rocker trim and/or belt trim on a 73 Cuda potentially rub or scratch my new paint job? 521 restorations sells the proper belt molding clips and I just had my belt moldings polished out.
Should I test fit the belt moldings now before the car goes to paint? I need to install the rivets and clips either now or after paint as I know I want the belt moldings but the rivets/screws are currently missing on my car.
My main question is, assuming I properly install both the rocker and belt moldings, will either potentially rub or scratch my new paint job? The rocker trim, like the belt moldings are not currently installed on the car but the rivets for the rocker moldings are on the car.
Both door belt moldings have a bolt/clip already set up in the trim that I could see being used as a guide to install the trim. As for the quarter window belt molding I have one that has a hole and the other does not. The guy I bought it from said 73 Cuda belt moldings had a home on the quarter window trim so I need to drill a hole in the one that doesnt have a hole. Can anyone confirm that he is right? Either way, I could insert a flat chrome small bolt and nut on the one quarter window belt molding trim and it will look okay.
Does anyone know how many clips per belt molding should I install?
Lastly, I have a set of aftermarket clips for the rocker trim and there are 4 really long screws it came with for each end of the rocker trim. Can I use small screws as the ones the clip kit came with seem unnecessarily long?
THANKS
