Are you missing wheel well moulding?
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Topic: Are you missing wheel well moulding?
Posted By: aktorino
Subject: Are you missing wheel well moulding?
Date Posted: 23-February-2013 at 2:41AM
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My car came with 4 dinged up and abused wheel well mouldings. I hope to have them restored in the future. This left me with now wheel well mouldings. Not too big of a deal but it just looks not just better but "correct" with them. I went down to the local Autozone and bought some of their vinyl stick on moulding. In the picture on the package, it has the trim going around a wheel well. I thought I'd give it a try ( 17 bucks) and see how it worked out. I had pulled my car out for some photos and thought while I had it out, I'd try out the moulding. I used a heat gun to heat up the moulding's adhesive side and applied them to the wheel well. These were 1/2 inch wide mouldings. They are not bad at all. I wasn't sure if they'd curve enough all the way around but they did. They are not perfect as the inner portion of the wheel well is left, in this case, red, which is visible. I plan on test painting that small area black to mask this. Time will tell if they hold up to road grime and car washes. Hopefully they will remain glued to the wheel well. In any case, they will do until I can get mine restored. If you're missing the wheel well moulding, I hope this helps. -Mike http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa430/mikesyzf/wwt2.png" rel="nofollow - http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa430/mikesyzf/wwt2.png   |
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Posted By: occupant
Date Posted: 23-February-2013 at 4:04AM
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You know what I think I like that better than the stock moldings. You say $17, and how many wheel wells can one roll do? Would it be best to just get 4 of them? I could sell the two nice ones I have and the one dinged up one and this would go on after I take the dents out of my front fenders. ------------- 15 Cruze LT, 145K, for the wife 08 Uplander LS, 280K, broken again 08 Explorer EB, 248K, backup work car still looking for another something |
Posted By: aktorino
Date Posted: 23-February-2013 at 8:35AM
| -One package did 3 wheel wells. I had cut them off a little bit too long so I could trim them when they were on the car. .. .. |
Posted By: TV 2M8O
Date Posted: 24-February-2013 at 4:55AM
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What is the Manufacturer and part number for the molding?? -------------  TV 2M8O OUT JOE 1976 Gran Torino S&H season 2-4 Clone Project Blog: http://tv2m8o.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: aktorino
Date Posted: 24-February-2013 at 9:10PM
It is a 3M product. Custom Chrome Flexible interior/exterior molding. See the part number info below. Hope this helps.  |