Adrian Saunders Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 Hello everyone. Just come to fit the bright trim (plastic not ss) into the screen seal on my 6 and it doesn’t look right. The seal looks different to others on this forum and I can’t imagine how the trim fits in, and stays in. Canley Classics seal and Rimmer bros bright trim. All suggestions and help will be most appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NonMember Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 When I got to that point with mine, many years ago, I did some reading up and discovered that you're supposed to fit the bright trim (mine was the original stainless one) to the rubber before fitting the screen to the car. It's really hard to do it afterwards. I don't even know where my trim is now because I never did manage to fit it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 My metal trim has been in the loft for over 25 years. Maybe I'll try to fit it one day.. Maybe after I've done the repaint... Maybe I'll get the repaint done one day...!! Seriously, can anyone point us both to a decent Youtoob video showing how to do it, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 yes i would fit the stainless trim with the screen out it locks the glass in place does not affect the inner flip to roll over/string the flip over aperture flange a simpler mylar insert is easier to fit when in car , there are many tools about to open up the rubber slot but they can be a pain and fight to a standstill with much tea and cursing use plenty of slippy soap mix . Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell1972 Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 I did my GT6 windscreen trim a couple of years ago and used this method. It worked eventually, but took an awful lot of patience. Russell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 This seems to be the windscreen version of steering rack bellows - the more grease or lubricant you use the easier it becomes but the harder it is to hold or keep in place. If he was to use two people - one to pull the cable out but another to press the chrome trim down against the rubber, he might have more luck, but hats off for doing it one handed... where the seal goes back in under the trim is easily sorted with one of those modern, very thin, trim tools slipped in under to prise it back out again. I'd have preferred it if he had showed the theory of how it fits ie what actually holds it in place, so that a novice would understand what is required to hold it in place and which bits of the seal to put it under, but it's still a good video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 The screen was recently out of my GT6 for some paintwork - the chap who re-fitted it fitted the stainless trim to the rubber before installing the windscreen. Not particularly helpful when the screen is already fitted - bit like asking for directions and being told not to start from where you are - but fitting the trim before the screen does seem to be the accepted best way forward. Gully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Saunders Posted October 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 Guys, what I can’t understand is how to fit the trim to the seal. Please take a look at the pictures, I don’t see how. I’m ok with fitting the screen/seal to the car, that’s the easy bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 i have one of these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254219282069 available in many outlets should have a selection of anvils to aid skinning the knuckles and make long scouring marks all over the bonnet Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Saunders Posted October 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 Yes, but how should the trim fit to/into the seal? Please will somebody post a picture looking along the profile of a correct assembly? I cannot see how my two fit together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 https://www.teglerizer.com/triumphstuff/75w_sstrim.htm Another how-to guide, you may be able to make out how the seal fits in the photo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted October 22, 2020 Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 were the trim and seal a pair off the car as there are subtle differences between metal capping and a mylar insert rubbers ( from memory) Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Saunders Posted October 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2020 Oh my. The pic on that site tells me how, it is below. What is it actually supposed to do? It doesn’t lock/spread the seal like the trims that you push right into a seal. Does it provide resistance to the glass trying to push out of the seal. Re the door slam/pressure build up scenario, or perhaps an exceptional fart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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