What trim is this thing? Most of the other first generation 7's I see around have a thick black rubber looking trim. Why does mine have a thin metal one?







EDIT: It doesn't look aftermarket at all. I can't see any traces of any other kind of attachment. I've looked inside the door.

 

aftermarket with two way adhesive

 

Nope. It is screwed in. There is backing on the inside of the doors. I can't see any other protrusions on the inside of the sheet metal of the automobile.

 

oh ok so it's the even older universal molding ...

I use to sell that stuff 20 - 25 years ago

 

How is the OE stuff stuck on the car?

 

This looks like a 78-80 body style, time first time seeing that style of molding. I swear I saw a 79 with a rubber thin strip like that but not metal?

 

nope 79 sits in the body groove. Definitely aftermarket

 

Man... I've been google searching for a while now. I've seen this trim before, but IDK where. It might be universal aftermarket, but whatever the case it was done well. Because I don't see any remnants of the OE stuff inside or out.

 

mine with two way adhesive

mine


choopacabra's


as stated above ... in the body molding .... I'd suspect the car was repainted and the aftermarket used in place of the OE due to costs

 

looks like you have an FB with aftermarket trim. the oem trim on an FB was rubber and was stuck on with double sided tape.. an extremely strong two sided body tape.

 

if you have a 79-80 S model, it would not have had any trim stock

 

IIRC, JC Whitney used to sell that style of 'universal trim' back in the 70's and 80's.

Went out of style a long time back, but was very popular for cars that didn't have factory 'door ding' protection. Cut-to length trim with separate screw-mounted end caps.

It was very similar to OEM trim found on a lot of domestic cars at the time.

 

most 80s cutlass buicks and monte carlos use that type of molding of which most people would take it off.

 

Well I think it looks nice if nothing else.

At least it was done right and not just gooberd on there with some JB weld.

 

as long as you like it, that's all that matters!

 

80's aftermarket trim for sure,saw them a lot on mostly 280zx',210's and other vehicles never on a 7.

 

Man that's crazy.
Is there something close to the original double sided tape available?

 

THATS IT!!!

My freind's 210 wagon!!

I'm pretty sure he's got the same thing on it.

 

^ +1

I use 3M double sided adhesive, it's for molding, emblems etc, if you try and take it back off you just about swear your going to peel the sheet metal lol

 

and 3m also sell an adhesion promoter to use on the moldings and you can use it on the car too.

 

I have an aerosol can with 3M adhesive I used for my upper vinyl on my door panels, worked awesome.

Never seen that trim before but I kind of like it, has a different look to it. I can't stand my sun faded thick black strip on my FB and want to rip it off but as previously stated, it's hard to get off - not counting the sticky stuff you have to pick off. And the "door ding" protection is also a major plus.

I'd say leave it, it's original and looks good!

 

Nothing wrong with that look; it's 'period appropriate.'

It might even have been dealer installed; dealers in the 80's routinely did a lot of customizations to boost margin. Some good, some not; many not 'factory authorized.'

 

Oh I'm definetly leaving it. Just wondered what it was. Besides I talked with my buddy who owns the Datsun. He said I could have all of his old stuff if I ever needed it. So open source for replacement