1969 Dart - secret to getting headliner trim to stay?

[jcmeyer5]

I tried installing the trim that goes along the top and down the quarter window headliner edge. I can’t get it to stay on. It doesn’t want to clip on long enough to do anything. Is there a secret I don’t know?

 

[harrisonm]

Pictures would help.

 

[413]

They should have clips inside the channel of the trim. Are they missing?

 

[jcmeyer5]

No, I have the clips installed. They just aren’t grabbing at all.

 

[Super-Cuda]

Are these the clips you have?

If so , you may have stretched them apart too much when you took them off. Squat them together a little more with a pair of channel locks or a vise, they should grip pretty tightly when putting them back on.

 

[jazak5]

use a small dab of 3m weather stripping adhesive with a tooth brush ( on the metal)(I like black...) and some ultra small spring spring clamps/vise grips working both sides evenly TAKE YOUR TIME and let the adhesive dry...

you will be able to drum on it....
69 fb headliner

 

[jcmeyer5]

No guys, the headliner is already in. What I am talking about is the smooth metal trim that goes over the pinch weld. It has these clips in it (or at least very similar).

I can install the clips off the trim, but on the trim they dont want to go all the way on.

 

[jazak5]

No, the clips that attach to the trim. These here...

https://cdn11.bigcommerce.com/s-r2q...8/2209-Clip__17013.1506354119.500.750.jpg?c=2

on a fastback they are different sizes..... attach them to the trim 1st you should be able to see where they were before...a simple open hand slap should be enough.... or a white rubber hammer

 

[jcmeyer5]

I slapped them like a red headed stepchild. Did me no good. I will work on it some more tonight.

 

[jazak5]

yeah, sometimes it's better to walk away /than to break 50 year old hard to find parts...ive used spray silicone (let dry)on some clips before installing them/sometimes killing the friction allows them to set/relax the ones on my car had like a od green coating on them

 

[jcmeyer5]

So here is what I did. I put the clips on the pinch weld first, then clipped the trim onto the clips. Worked well.