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Any of you guys have any experience repairing wheelwell trim? My '73 GA trims are in great shape except three of them have dings. I know how rare these pieces are. I don't want to spend alot of money as the car is not worth that much. If I ever get around to getting it painted it would be great to have straight trim on the car. Any help is appreciated.
Jeremy
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1966 GTO 1969 Lemans Convertible- F.A.S.T. legal family cruiser. 12.59 on G70-14 Polyglas tires. 1.78 60' 1969 Bonneville Safari- cross country family cruiser. . 1979 Trans Am 400, 4-speed, 4 wheel disc. View from the drivers seat racing down Atco Raceway- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhYDMdOEC7A Ride along in the other lane-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIzgpLtF_uw |
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Any of you guys have any experience repairing wheelwell trim? My '73 GA trims are in great shape except three of them have dings. I know how rare these pieces are. I don't want to spend alot of money as the car is not worth that much. If I ever get around to getting it painted it would be great to have straight trim on the car. Any help is appreciated.
Jeremy
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1966 GTO 1969 Lemans Convertible- F.A.S.T. legal family cruiser. 12.59 on G70-14 Polyglas tires. 1.78 60' 1969 Bonneville Safari- cross country family cruiser. . 1979 Trans Am 400, 4-speed, 4 wheel disc. View from the drivers seat racing down Atco Raceway- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhYDMdOEC7A Ride along in the other lane-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIzgpLtF_uw |
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I have had limited sucess getting the brite-dip anodized aluminum trim repaired. You can't polish it too much or you risk wearing the anodizing off, then it looks like sh!t. There are a few professional shops out there that do aluminum trim restoration, and that can also re-anodize the trim once the ding has been massaged/polished. NOS wheel opening mouldings pop up from time to time, and would almost be better in the long run, as long as they exhibit minimal shelf wear. I recently bought a set for my Can Am and I paid $275, and they were as mint as GM ever made them. Stainless trim is far easier to fix than the aluminum, but there is little stainless trim on a '73-'77 A body.
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I've heard of some pretty high prices paid for the '73 only NOS trims. On the other hand a GA can be a HPP cover car with no trims.
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1966 GTO 1969 Lemans Convertible- F.A.S.T. legal family cruiser. 12.59 on G70-14 Polyglas tires. 1.78 60' 1969 Bonneville Safari- cross country family cruiser. . 1979 Trans Am 400, 4-speed, 4 wheel disc. View from the drivers seat racing down Atco Raceway- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhYDMdOEC7A Ride along in the other lane-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIzgpLtF_uw |
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The ONLY 1973 items are the rear wheel opening mouldings. The fronts are the same and GP is similiar and will work with minimal massaging.
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WOW! That much, Rick? I guess I got a bargain when I bought a complete NOS '73 set (front and rear) back in 1989 for $35.
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Contact Teri over at the Grand Am board. She knows a guy in NJ who fixes trim.
http://fiedlerh.home.att.net/
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Brian Baker:
WOW! That much, Rick? I guess I got a bargain when I bought a complete NOS '73 set (front and rear) back in 1989 for $35. http://kurtspontiac.homestead.com/files/bbaker.jpg <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yes, and I have seen sets sold on E-Bay and at Carlisle for excess of $400. They are a lot harder to find now than back in 1989.
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Will 77 trim interchange with the other Years? If so I believe I can lay my hands on some after it warms up. I am not leaving the house till it passes 50 degrees.
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1973-77 front wheel opening trim is the same.
1973 rear wheel opening trim is by itself. 1974-77 rear wheel opening trim is the same.
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Went to check it out today and it never had any wheel trim. Same on the other 4 Lemans I looked at.
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The wheel trim was optional on the base LeMans, and standard with LeMans Sport Coupes and Luxury LeMans/Grand LeMans.
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We have a guy in Dallas that repairs wheelwell trim. Both Randy Allen and Bob Cook used him for their Can Am's. whellwell trim.
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