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 Post subject: sticking door spears back on
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:23 pm 
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i retrimed my doors and removed the plastic woodgrain door spears but cant seem to find any think good to stick them back on with (the heat just seems to make to fall off)i do rember seeing somethink here on how to stick them back on but cant seen to find it,any help would be great

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:46 pm 
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mine have been stuck back on with silicon. seems to work fine.

 

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 Post subject: Re: sticking door spears back on
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:51 pm 
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alfy wrote:
mine have been stuck back on with silicon. seems to work fine.


with them being hollow inside, i can imagine having to use a s**t of silicone?
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 2:56 pm 
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I have asked this same question, and everyone seems to use either sikaflex or marine silicone. I cant get my head around the hollow backing either, so they must just use massive dolops (spelling) of it.

 

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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:19 pm 
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Try just putting the silicon on the narrow edges which are the only portion to actually touch the door trim. No wonder they're secured with clips ex factory lol.
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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:38 pm 
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regency wrote:
Try just putting the silicon on the narrow edges which are the only portion to actually touch the door trim. No wonder they're secured with clips ex factory lol.


yeah but its hard to do it that way, and not have a shiny bead of silicone showing along the edge
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:39 am 
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Try Aquarium grade Silicon Matt. I have used it and it works well, wipe down all your surfaces with Metho or Acetone before applying. Use resonably sized blobs where the old plastic pins were, silicon will go through the existing holes in the door trim and help hold the spear.
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:15 am 
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Yep, I used Marine Silicon to put my spears on my door trims. And yes, big blobs of silicon did the trick.

Use some masking tape to hold them in place while it goes off.

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