Rubber Chimaera Door Caps Help
Discussion
Evening everyone,
I am absolutely fed up to back teeth of these things coming loose and dropping off.
So far I've taken car to THREE main TVR workshops within a 300 mile radius of me to have these things fixed 'permanently'
The passenger door was perfect from the time left the factory but one of these outfits ripped it off to 'do it again' and now both drop off frequently!
Their most recent attempt left the rubbers so proud that they caught the paintwork on the body just above the door catch loop. I had to pull them off before too much damage was done and let them have another go. The rubbers were hacked about with a stanley knive and gobbed back on with sikaflex and are now coming loose again.
Can anyone please tell me where I can get these things put back on permanently and in a workman like fashion rather than looking as if it's been done by a YOPS scheme bodger.
Does anyone have any useful tips for making these things stay in place?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much.
I am absolutely fed up to back teeth of these things coming loose and dropping off.
So far I've taken car to THREE main TVR workshops within a 300 mile radius of me to have these things fixed 'permanently'
The passenger door was perfect from the time left the factory but one of these outfits ripped it off to 'do it again' and now both drop off frequently!
Their most recent attempt left the rubbers so proud that they caught the paintwork on the body just above the door catch loop. I had to pull them off before too much damage was done and let them have another go. The rubbers were hacked about with a stanley knive and gobbed back on with sikaflex and are now coming loose again.
Can anyone please tell me where I can get these things put back on permanently and in a workman like fashion rather than looking as if it's been done by a YOPS scheme bodger.
Does anyone have any useful tips for making these things stay in place?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much.
davidindevon said:
Evening everyone,
I am absolutely fed up to back teeth of these things coming loose and dropping off.
So far I've taken car to THREE main TVR workshops within a 300 mile radius of me to have these things fixed 'permanently'
The passenger door was perfect from the time left the factory but one of these outfits ripped it off to 'do it again' and now both drop off frequently!
Their most recent attempt left the rubbers so proud that they caught the paintwork on the body just above the door catch loop. I had to pull them off before too much damage was done and let them have another go. The rubbers were hacked about with a stanley knive and gobbed back on with sikaflex and are now coming loose again.
Can anyone please tell me where I can get these things put back on permanently and in a workman like fashion rather than looking as if it's been done by a YOPS scheme bodger.
Does anyone have any useful tips for making these things stay in place?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much.
They are a pain I am absolutely fed up to back teeth of these things coming loose and dropping off.
So far I've taken car to THREE main TVR workshops within a 300 mile radius of me to have these things fixed 'permanently'
The passenger door was perfect from the time left the factory but one of these outfits ripped it off to 'do it again' and now both drop off frequently!
Their most recent attempt left the rubbers so proud that they caught the paintwork on the body just above the door catch loop. I had to pull them off before too much damage was done and let them have another go. The rubbers were hacked about with a stanley knive and gobbed back on with sikaflex and are now coming loose again.
Can anyone please tell me where I can get these things put back on permanently and in a workman like fashion rather than looking as if it's been done by a YOPS scheme bodger.
Does anyone have any useful tips for making these things stay in place?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much.
i used windscreen glue(like silkaflex)and have had no trouble since,superglue to get 1st fixing then squeeze the sealer round then tidy up with a wet finger/damp cloth.Oh Hi both,
thanks for taking the time to reply.
Yes it's Sikaflex that these guys have been using but the trouble seems to be that one is trying to bond one thin edge to another thin edge and they naturally come apart. Is there any way of somehow fitting a backing piece? Has anyone come up with a solution at all?
I'll try and post a photo now so you can see what I'm referring to - this ones is hanging on by a thread - oh no, it's off now I've shut the door.
Thanks for ANY help you can give me on this.
thanks for taking the time to reply.
Yes it's Sikaflex that these guys have been using but the trouble seems to be that one is trying to bond one thin edge to another thin edge and they naturally come apart. Is there any way of somehow fitting a backing piece? Has anyone come up with a solution at all?
I'll try and post a photo now so you can see what I'm referring to - this ones is hanging on by a thread - oh no, it's off now I've shut the door.
Thanks for ANY help you can give me on this.
davidindevon said:
Evening everyone,
I am absolutely fed up to back teeth of these things coming loose and dropping off.
So far I've taken car to THREE main TVR workshops within a 300 mile radius of me to have these things fixed 'permanently'
The passenger door was perfect from the time left the factory but one of these outfits ripped it off to 'do it again' and now both drop off frequently!
Their most recent attempt left the rubbers so proud that they caught the paintwork on the body just above the door catch loop. I had to pull them off before too much damage was done and let them have another go. The rubbers were hacked about with a stanley knive and gobbed back on with sikaflex and are now coming loose again.
Can anyone please tell me where I can get these things put back on permanently and in a workman like fashion rather than looking as if it's been done by a YOPS scheme bodger.
Does anyone have any useful tips for making these things stay in place?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much.
David i had the same problems tried super glue and various types of silicone my latest effort has been which no nails which seems to have held.I am absolutely fed up to back teeth of these things coming loose and dropping off.
So far I've taken car to THREE main TVR workshops within a 300 mile radius of me to have these things fixed 'permanently'
The passenger door was perfect from the time left the factory but one of these outfits ripped it off to 'do it again' and now both drop off frequently!
Their most recent attempt left the rubbers so proud that they caught the paintwork on the body just above the door catch loop. I had to pull them off before too much damage was done and let them have another go. The rubbers were hacked about with a stanley knive and gobbed back on with sikaflex and are now coming loose again.
Can anyone please tell me where I can get these things put back on permanently and in a workman like fashion rather than looking as if it's been done by a YOPS scheme bodger.
Does anyone have any useful tips for making these things stay in place?
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much.
ZORRO ! You must be the master of sparkling wit and repartie Zzzzz
Mind you we still have Royalists and Parliamentarians down here and Cornwall is going for separate government - I'd be happy with that - whilst Cornwall isn't quite the end of the world, you can certainly see it from there!
Hmmm I'd forgotten 'no more nails' - used that to stick the heat shield back to the underside of the bonnet last year. It's still stuck but the foil has now come away and is draped all over the engine
Araldite I hadn't considered.
I'll perhaps try Araldite on one door and NoMoreNails on the other and see which lasts the longest.
Also, if any one has any really good ideas to increase the contact area between the rubber and the door please let me know.
Thanks again and best regards.
Mind you we still have Royalists and Parliamentarians down here and Cornwall is going for separate government - I'd be happy with that - whilst Cornwall isn't quite the end of the world, you can certainly see it from there!
Hmmm I'd forgotten 'no more nails' - used that to stick the heat shield back to the underside of the bonnet last year. It's still stuck but the foil has now come away and is draped all over the engine
Araldite I hadn't considered.
I'll perhaps try Araldite on one door and NoMoreNails on the other and see which lasts the longest.
Also, if any one has any really good ideas to increase the contact area between the rubber and the door please let me know.
Thanks again and best regards.
Ah a small screw - that sounds interesting - that can't be pointing down, sooo is it facing front to rear through the rubber and into the door, or through the rubber pointing from inside the car to the outside and into the door?
Thanks for that suggestion as it has obviously worked in your case and would be adding strength to the joint as well as keeping the rubber in position whilst it sets.
Thanks for that suggestion as it has obviously worked in your case and would be adding strength to the joint as well as keeping the rubber in position whilst it sets.
davidindevon said:
Ah a small screw - that sounds interesting - that can't be pointing down, sooo is it facing front to rear through the rubber and into the door, or through the rubber pointing from inside the car to the outside and into the door?Thanks for that suggestion as it has obviously worked in your case and would be adding strength to the joint as well as keeping the rubber in position whilst it sets.
yeh, drill a small hole through the rubber and door corner, then just use a small screw to secure it, screwing from the rubber thingy first, into the door. just make sure the screw doesn't catch the window.
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