Member Since: 30 Jan 2017
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 37
Drivers door trim - wont stay on the car
Does anyone have any tips on how to convince the bit of trim at the bottom of the drivers door (exterior) to stay attached to the door?
I have re-fitted it with brand new clips 3 times now and even paid the garage to re-fit it.. but each time it pops off again. It always first comes loose at the corner on the handle side of the door then progresses until the whole thing is off.
6th Jun 2019 9:22 am
Coo
Member Since: 01 Jun 2015
Location: Fife, Scotland
Posts: 284
I have a similar problem..... I just keep refitting it !
Next time I'm considering a wee blob of 'no more nails' between yellow and white clips
6th Jun 2019 9:27 am
cjstevens
Member Since: 30 Jan 2017
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 37
Yeah I think no more nails would probably let go when it gets wet .. I have also tried using exterior silicone and more recently an epoxy putty called 'milliput' ... still wont hold.
6th Jun 2019 9:33 am
L319
Member Since: 14 Dec 2013
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 2080
On my D3. Mine kept coming off and cured by fitting new complete clips, both halves, to the trim then attaching the whole, to the holes in the door. One half of clip in the door & other half in the trim would not latch together properly. Not sure if D4 is the same .
6th Jun 2019 10:20 am
cjstevens
Member Since: 30 Jan 2017
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 37
yes i have used new clips but they just pop apart again
6th Jun 2019 10:31 am
L319
Member Since: 14 Dec 2013
Location: Herefordshire
Posts: 2080
Then you say pop out, do you mean the two clip halves ?
6th Jun 2019 12:45 pm
grzesiul
Member Since: 11 May 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 6266
as far as I remember clips holding those are two piece and if you only replace clips on the trim side they would pop due to other part of the clip aint tight enough so you got to remove clips from the door put new ones in as well as plastic trim side part and reinstall
it should hold than
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6th Jun 2019 1:49 pm
cjstevens
Member Since: 30 Jan 2017
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 37
yes the clips are in two parts... yellow on the door and white on the trim. They come as one complete clip but the problem im having is they keep popping apart. Once they are apart they can be pushed back together but they rarely hold and need to be replaced. I have tried to 'stick' them together but this hasnt worked. I have tried simply replacing the clips entirely and so has my local garage (rules out my batch of clips being the problem) via the following process ... remove the yellow part of the clip from the door, remove the white part of the clip from the trim. Mount new complete clips onto the trim then remount onto the door.
Here's the trim ready to refit with yet another set of new clips...
6th Jun 2019 3:06 pm
Hairy47
Member Since: 13 Jul 2017
Location: Bradford
Posts: 277
Sikaflex is what I had to glue mine on with as I did same as you several times and still kept coming away.
Been in situ perfectly ever since and that was around 18 months ago
6th Jun 2019 4:10 pm
cjstevens
Member Since: 30 Jan 2017
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 37
awesome just what i was looking for ! ill give that a try thanks
6th Jun 2019 4:40 pm
ronald.soak
Member Since: 29 Apr 2008
Location: London
Posts: 516
You only appear to be using yellow clips, as originally fitted . 3 of these clips were subsequently replaced by a black type, 2 at the handle end. 1 poster has suggested using 4. See AF for details of replacement clips and search forum for location picture
7th Jun 2019 12:07 pm
cjstevens
Member Since: 30 Jan 2017
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 37
what an eye opener - i didn't even realise there was a black clip ... and neither did the garage it seems ... thanks very much!!
7th Jun 2019 12:26 pm
denny crane
Member Since: 29 Mar 2008
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 147
Hairy47 wrote:
Sikaflex is what I had to glue mine on with as I did same as you several times and still kept coming away.
Been in situ perfectly ever since and that was around 18 months ago
Sikaflex is the original moisture cure PU windscreen sealer.
Good stuffOwner of a 2010 Discovery 4 XS.
Plus a Mitsubishi Outlander (don’t ask...)
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