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S1 Interior Chrome Plastic Door trim
« on: Thursday,June 08, 2023, 06:54:22 PM »
Has anyone found a reasonable facsimile of the S1 interior door trim material? 

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Re: S1 Interior Chrome Plastic Door trim
« Reply #1 on: Friday,June 09, 2023, 05:27:03 AM »
Chrome door edge molding?
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Re: S1 Interior Chrome Plastic Door trim
« Reply #2 on: Friday,June 09, 2023, 06:09:09 AM »
+1 on plastic chrome door edge moulding which is what it was originally.

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Re: S1 Interior Chrome Plastic Door trim
« Reply #3 on: Friday,June 09, 2023, 03:33:38 PM »
+1 ???

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Re: S1 Interior Chrome Plastic Door trim
« Reply #4 on: Saturday,June 10, 2023, 09:39:54 AM »

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Re: S1 Interior Chrome Plastic Door trim
« Reply #5 on: Saturday,June 10, 2023, 04:40:00 PM »
Should work.

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Re: S1 Interior Chrome Plastic Door trim
« Reply #6 on: Saturday,June 10, 2023, 05:40:56 PM »
Mr. Rainer,

that looks like the proper trim.  Many Thanks.  Did you have to use a heat gun to form the bends?

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Re: S1 Interior Chrome Plastic Door trim
« Reply #7 on: Saturday,June 10, 2023, 07:45:05 PM »
Might help for the one tight bend.

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Re: S1 Interior Chrome Plastic Door trim
« Reply #8 on: Monday,June 12, 2023, 08:10:41 AM »
The sales rep at Cohbaines tells me that that chrome trim will not bend around tight corners.  Any other suggestions friends?  The original material is actually aluminum with a vinyl coating.

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Re: S1 Interior Chrome Plastic Door trim
« Reply #9 on: Monday,June 12, 2023, 02:19:20 PM »
I was able to bend it, no problem.


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Re: S1 Interior Chrome Plastic Door trim
« Reply #10 on: Monday,June 12, 2023, 07:11:23 PM »
Well done.  I'll go for it.  Maybe use some adhesive to tack it down?

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Re: S1 Interior Chrome Plastic Door trim
« Reply #11 on: Monday,June 12, 2023, 07:41:27 PM »
Maybe, try it without first though.

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Re: S1 Interior Chrome Plastic Door trim
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday,June 13, 2023, 12:55:06 PM »
John,  I see a secondary escutcheon on your door handle.  Was this a late S1 feature?

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Re: S1 Interior Chrome Plastic Door trim
« Reply #13 on: Tuesday,June 13, 2023, 06:05:37 PM »
Hmm, don’t really know.  Here is a period photo of a 47 with them:


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Re: S1 Interior Chrome Plastic Door trim
« Reply #14 on: Friday,June 16, 2023, 11:42:52 AM »
The sales rep at Cohbaines tells me that that chrome trim will not bend around tight corners.  Any other suggestions friends?  The original material is actually aluminum with a vinyl coating.

I did make cuts at the 90 degree corners everything else went on very easy and stayed in place the first try without any heat.

Today i tried a 90 degree bend with a heatgun on a leftover piece. It is possible when you are carefull.