Re: Rattling windshield pillar covers
Bo Williams <williams@hiwaay.net> spake unto the assembled masses in
news:3FCC172C.D7EA7165@hiwaay.net:
> TeGGeR wrote:
>
>> Warning: Those plastic tabs are FRAGILE. Anytime you remove trim, you
>> stand the great risk that one or more of the tabs will break off,
>> resulting in even more rattles. Once they break off, you cannot fix
>> them. Trim's not really made to be removed these days.
>
> I'd add that you can significantly enhance your chance of success by
> doing this when it's warm. Don't go monkeying with it when it's 20
> degrees outside.
Excellent suggestion and very relevant considering it's winter now. That
plastic will absolutely be very brittle in the cold. And the metal clips
will have contracted a bit and will grip the tab just a little bit harder.
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TeGGeR®
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