Brendan The Spit Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 So the car interior's looking pretty good now with the new wheel and dash. There's just one thing I cannot get fixed: the interior door panel on the passenger side.It's come away from the door, and I've tried every which way but the clip just won't stay in the hole. If I bang it with my fist it might occasionally stay in for a fraction of a second then goes ping and comes out again.It looks to me like the hole in the door frame is just maybe a bit too large for the clip. I've tried working the clip so that it has a larger 'reach' - ie pulling it open more to give it a chance to stay put in a larger hole - but that doesn't work.Anyone else have this difficulty? Any easy fixes? The temption is, of course, just to glue it in place but that way madness lies. I've attached a pic showing the gap as you look down into the door, if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan The Spit Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 And yes, I have also tried a larger clip, before you ask! I've got a nice selection from previous work on the car when, you know, you wind up with more clips lying around than when you started...But if it really is a case of sourcing proper, nice, new larger clips, and that's a fix that worked for you, then let me know!Also, I just noticed, my luverly HTC phone gives you a pinsharp image of the seat but not the bally part of the image I actually wanted to be focussed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzy Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 drill a smaller hole next to the one thats too big ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan The Spit Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Hmmm, radical thinking! I could do but that would involve taking the entire panel off, drilling (scary) and all that palaver. I was really hoping just to be able to fix it in situ. I know, I know, there's no such thing as a small job. Everything I ever do to this car seems to take at least 10 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason1969 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Blue Tak in the hole?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamespworth Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 if you could put a small washer behind the offending hole, that would work but i guess it would need to be the first clip you put on so you could hold the washer at the backif that makes sense at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firebobby Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Try a piece of Gorilla tape doubled over, this stuff sticks like S;@T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Make sure the hole is `flat` , so its not pulled out of shape ,because the clip needs a good flat seat .If its distorted the `V` shape part of the clip will just spring outNow,, there is one model of car and Im trying to find out which, one of the late TR`s, which has a push in plastic plug and the door card clips ino that. So will be trawling the Stoneleigh guysTheres a chap that is always there, he bought most of BL stuff up when it closed he may be the best.... a thin featured older guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan The Spit Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Very interesting idea about the hole being distorted. Thanks, I might look into this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSBulmer Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Agree with the suggestion of checking the 'flatness' of the whole. If you can, try and determine whether the entire clip is going in to the hole - if not that could be your problem. Maybe remove the clip from the panel and see if the clip by itself will stay firmly in the hole.Any chance of 'working the metal' around the hole with some pliers in order to try and make a smaller hole?Gorilla tape could work.If you find the hole is flat, and you can't make it smaller, try and see if you can wrap some tape or something (like silicone that would try semi-hard) around the clip to try and make the existing clip a smidge bigger.jb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan The Spit Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 Nice suggestions. Ta! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodders1 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 A more fundamental question to ask is why the interior panel is springing ourwards in the first place: it should lie flat against the door.Is this a replacement trim panel by any chance?I would take it off the car and see if it lies flat on the workbench. If it doesn't, (and it's new) return it to the supplier for a replacement. If it isn't new, use some judicious weights to flatten it off the car.If it does lie flat when off the car but springs when on the car, the problem is not with the clip that is springing, but with the clips either side; I suspect that one or more clips are not correctly aligned with the holes in the door so that they are effectively pressing the sides of the trim panel in towards the middle, causing it to spring away from the door. Fettle the outer holes in the trim panel (not the door!) so that the clips line-up correctly without flexing the panel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan The Spit Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 All understood except that word: fettle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddymacp Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 2875 wrote:All understood except that word: fettle?To fettle-----to fiddle, adjust, tinker, or otherwise muck about with something until it fits or improves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan The Spit Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Ah, you mean fossick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 2875 wrote:Ah, you mean fossick!Nay ,Nay, nay,.....fettle :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddymacp Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 2875 wrote:Ah, you mean fossick!Quite possibly, but I always understood that to fossick is to rummage, or root around looking for something unknown that may or may not be there. Such as--I have been fossicking in the undergrowth today, but found nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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