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Thread: WTB: Door Pocket trim - I REALLY messed up - hoping for sympathy help

  1. 04-12-2013, 11:36 AM #1
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    WTB: Door Pocket trim - I REALLY messed up - hoping for sympathy help

    I posted on pelican a few days ago.. so sorry for the duplicate post.
    I was almost done restoring some very beat up 69-73 pocket trim, when I tried to go a little further to smooth out the 1/16" dimples left over from hammer / dolly work
    when applying to a pocket, it split like a chicken bone... so desperate for help finding driver side rear trim (no matter how rough)

    help!
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  2. 04-22-2013, 12:33 PM #2
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    I think I have given up - now the plan is to braze the crack from the inside and fare from the outside.
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  3. 04-22-2013, 04:52 PM #3
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    Are you looking for a pocket or trim?
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  4. 04-22-2013, 05:17 PM #4
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    I know this sounds crazy, but have you considered chrome door edge guards at pep boys or any auto retailer like that? Use heat to bend, it beats nothing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by denson View Post
    Are you looking for a pocket or trim?
    thanks - the trim
    the trim is what I faired too thin while striving for that last 1% of perfection, which resulted in the fracture
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    Quote Originally Posted by lwein View Post
    I know this sounds crazy, but have you considered chrome door edge guards at pep boys or any auto retailer like that? Use heat to bend, it beats nothing.
    thanks yes I have, but the other trim pieces look great in raw brushed aluminum - and the other issue is that the rear of the trim piece is closed
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    Perhaps the source for repop door pockets might sell a piece of trim?
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