so I tackled the pre fit of the cuda trim belt, tail panel and vinyl roof moldings and since none of this came on this particular car and it all new metal anyway im at the mercy of aftermarket clips and fasteners, im dead set on the vinyl roof witch many will say don't drill holes in new metal it will leak, I say own a garage and i'll be dead before this car is 50 years old again
so the original door clips don't fit the trim I got from Canada witch I must say the set I got is very nice. the clips they supplied with the push in pin like the factory tail panel trim was never gonna hold or work, tried it, fit it sucked threw it away opted for some studded clips I had for some other moldings it worked perfect except for the fact there is no clearance for the nut and the socket on underside of the top of door. to many layers of metal and the one on the inside had a stiffener bead to it which caused most of the problem, the answer as u can see in the picture is drill a hole threw the door to clearance where the nut needs to be, I will weld on layer back on to fill the holes and that trim is tight down to the door and never moving. sounds like a lot of work but good results usually end up that way, similar problem with vinyl roof trim but just needed to tweek the clips a little to keep them in the center of molding
stuck the grill in for that need a happy feeling and that fit like I expected too so that will be this weeks my arms are killing from sanding need something else to do for a min or 4 hours im sure
