Thread: Beltline trim clips

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I hope I'm in the right area for this.

My problem is that I'm installing trim on a car that was shaved off. I'm missing quite few of the clips and looking for replacements. The trim is 7/16" wide. I've seen spring loaded clips on various online sites but unsure which one that might work.

I'm posting a few pictures of some of the short pieces of trim with the clips. There appears to be two types of clips originally. One bolts on a the other pushes on. I'd prefer the bolt on type. Please advise if you've ever used aftermarket clips to secure pre-war car trim. Thanks ~robert~

Any good body shop supply store should be able to help you out.... The bolt on's are a bit easier but might not be as easy to find... The supply store we use has a real good catalog complete with lots of pictures as well as listings by application.....

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Any good body shop supply store should be able to help you out.... The bolt on's are a bit easier but might not be as easy to find... The supply store we use has a real good catalog complete with lots of pictures as well as listings by application.....

I really need to use bolt on for this stainless trim to pull it up real tight. I'm puting up some pictures that restorationspecialist.com has. I've never used these and don't know how they work.

Also I'm puting a picture of a car similar to mine but it illustrates the lengthy beltline trim,

Depends on the width of the trim, I suppose, and which will grip the channel inside it correctly.... Not really a trim guy, I prefer to weld the holes shut and shave it!!! Probably Jay or one of the other real body guys could tell you.

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Depends on the width of the trim, I suppose, and which will grip the channel inside it correctly.... Not really a trim guy, I prefer to weld the holes shut and shave it!!! Probably Jay or one of the other real body guys could tell you.

Well the car had the trim shaved. Without it in my opinion it loses it's identity. I hope someone in here that's had experience replacing trim with aftermarket clips can help me out.

I love a car with a vintage look on the outside but a different animal inside and under the hood. I'm going to give Restoration Specialist a call tommorro to see if they can tell me if any of thier clips will work.

Good plan! I'd be fairly sure that they would have a listing by application and/or by what size trim the clips will fit.... Probably work out a lot better then just taking a guess.....

them clips look alot like some on my chevy i used the T type clips or you can make them. i have done that many times. you can bend up some out of alum and mount a stud thru them or use a 10/32 pan head screw .at one time clips were not hard to get not to many car have ss trim .i work at body shops were we made clips or made to fit clips for the job. i used 3m strip caulk to hold them in the back side of the trim i think it was Auveco that sold clips or some thing like that. there were guys that solid clips out of vans around here to the body shops i work at . but i have not seen any in years