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Mick Annick
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Posted: Tuesday April 29th, 2008 12:12 pm |
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I'm doing a spot of tidying up and have removed the black sill trim along each side to clean reapint the joint - not looking bad incidentally.
Does anyone know where I can get the proper black trim from as mine is a bit grotty? I've found a few but they're not the same profile as the original.
I also need a couple of the chrome wheel nut covers if anyone has any ideas.
Thanks
Mick
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hawaiianblue
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Posted: Tuesday April 29th, 2008 02:30 pm |
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Mini spares sell it i believe.
Personally i replaced mine with the fluted chrome type that they used to factory fit before 1984, just used one length chopped to fit between the arches, looks much better i thougt.
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Mick Annick
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Posted: Tuesday April 29th, 2008 02:37 pm |
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| Mini Spares are out of stock, and I'm trying to keep it as original as possible for now.
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Graham Bichard
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Posted: Tuesday April 29th, 2008 03:24 pm |
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Mick, have you got a picture with the trim off?
Graham
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Mick Annick
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Posted: Tuesday April 29th, 2008 11:32 pm |
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Graham
No, but I can take one in the morning when I get to work - the trim I take it??
Mick
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Graham Bichard
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Posted: Wednesday April 30th, 2008 07:22 am |
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Sorry Mick, I should have explained it better! The trim you've removed is the rubber strip covering the sill seam from the front to rear arch, yes?
I am interested in the state of the joint and to what extent you had to clean / repair the joint. When I rustproofed my car some of the waxoyl dripped out and seems to have affected the rubber trim. When I look down the gap it seems to me that the area behind the trim might be a nice area for mud/water etc to gather. So I was interested in the extent of any damage/rot.
Hope this is a bit clearer? Also what did you paint it with? Top colour paint, Krust type stuff (seeing as you're covering it again), Hammerite?
I realise this doesn't help you source new trim though - sorry!
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Mick Annick
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Posted: Wednesday April 30th, 2008 01:18 pm |
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The guy that does the knocks and scrapes on our company fleet is doing it for me today - he's used Loctite 7503 he got from Halfords, though he can't prime and topcoat until tomorrow - it needs 24hrs to cure.
I've attached a photo before he started, I'll go down there and get another in a mo of it without paint on.
Mick
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blickling
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Posted: Wednesday April 30th, 2008 02:34 pm |
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Surf Blue - NICE!! 
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Mick Annick
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Posted: Wednesday April 30th, 2008 02:39 pm |
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Blickling
Make me an offer - it's got to go!
It's advertised in the cars for sale section...
Mick
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hawaiianblue
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Posted: Wednesday April 30th, 2008 03:58 pm |
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I also need a couple of the chrome wheel nut covers if anyone has any ideas.
You mean the ones for the locking nuts or the standard nuts? Think you have the buy the complete nut for the standard ones (about £2 each), mini spares sell the caps for the factory locking nuts.
If you're selling it, then does it matter if the side trims are a slighly different profile?
http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/TRIM-Door-&-Edge-Seal/c516_521/p6065/EDGE-TRIM-(REINFORCED)-PER-1/2-METRE/product_info.html
try that.
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Mick Annick
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Posted: Wednesday April 30th, 2008 04:46 pm |
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"If you're selling it, then does it matter if the side trims are a slighly different profile?"
Absolutely - for a one-owner car, 20,000 miles and completely original in all other respects, it deserves to be passed on to the next owner as near to factory spec as possible.
What they choose to do thereafter is up to them.
Nut covers are for the standard nuts, though PlayMini tell me they come as part of the nut, so I'll have to buy a new one.
Mick
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hawaiianblue
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Posted: Wednesday April 30th, 2008 06:47 pm |
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Well you can try the seal from merlin, its a standard rubber edging trim (Rover didnt have one made specialy, they just bought rolls of generic stuff)
Another option would be to get a second hand door seal from the breakers then cut the tubular section off with a razor knife. Fit it outer face downwards and no one will know.
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Mick Annick
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Posted: Thursday May 1st, 2008 10:31 am |
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I'll wait for the right stuff to come available again.
Meanwhile, the Loctite stuff is curing nicely...
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hawaiianblue
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Posted: Thursday May 1st, 2008 02:17 pm |
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Once the seam has been painted. It will be worth getting some Waxoyl or similar cavity wax and blasting up through the drain holes in the sills, so that it gets onto the back of the seam, other wise it will rust back through again within a couple of months.
I'm a bit confused now, you asked where you can get the edging trim, i've sent you a link to where you can get it but you say you'll wait until you can get the propper stuff?
As i said Rover didnt have a rubber trim specially designed for the job, they just bought a generic edging rubber on big rolls and chopped it to length. The stuff Merlin sell is the same product. Although you will have to check your old stuff to see if it's the reinforced type or the standard. The differenc is the Standard is just a plastic U section, where as the reinforced has a metal stifener moulded inside it. As i remember they used the reinforced type.
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Mick Annick
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Posted: Thursday May 1st, 2008 03:23 pm |
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| Apologies, overlooked the link!!
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hawaiianblue
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Posted: Friday May 2nd, 2008 03:06 pm |
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ah ha!
If its the re-enforced stuff you buy, then best way to cut it is with an angle grinder with one of those ultra thin cutting discs. It tends to look a bit dog eared at the ends if you cut it with side cutters.
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Posted: Friday May 2nd, 2008 03:22 pm |
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| Dremels work. As do cable shears, as long as they are a suitable capacity for the job, but they aren't the sort of thing everyone has in the garage.
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Mick Annick
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Posted: Friday May 2nd, 2008 03:59 pm |
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The picutre on their website's a bit ropey - is this stuff the right profile?
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hawaiianblue
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Posted: Friday May 2nd, 2008 07:26 pm |
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I beleive it is yes, atleast its the same as the trims ive seen on other minis as well as my own had when new. Thats not to say Rover didnt switch suppliers several times though.
Just check that your old ones are the steel re-enforced type.
I'm sure merlin will send you a small sample if you asked.
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