Good Idea Jamie, hope this helps others .. Regards Stephen

Ok .. all door rubbers have been installed , inner and outer .. inners are piece of cake .. used the recommended 3m product on the rubbers and used the Loctite to join the rubbers .. the 3 M product is good, but should have been white and grey to match the paintwork on my car .. the black shows up on the paintwork .. it is easy to use, very similar to Quick Grip, only black, give enough time to set rubbers in place, if they are in the wrong place or twisted you can pull apart and reglue back the correct way .. only did about 20 cm's at a time, this was enough to handle, .. you have to spread the glue ( 3M) with a screwdriver end or a small piece of wood shaped like chisel, so it dries faster,.. then push it in the rubber channel, best to get a small plastic spatchell or similar to push each edge of the rubber in then rub your hand along it to smooth it out .. as I said it can get messy when pushing into the channel, and black crap gets on the paint work, so it pays to have a rag with some mineral turps, to wash off, and a clean soft cloth to wipe the turps off the paint work, ... once the 3M product goes hard it is very, very hard to remove from the paintwork, so best to do it as you go along ... Hope this helps someone who is contemplating installing door rubbers in the future .. and must stress that this is only my opinion .. Regards StephenS

Hi Pete .. went out to the shed and swapped front spacers left to right, they lined up and bolted down OK, same with the rear spacers both interchangeable and bolt down OK .. looking down thru the hole, each one may be about 1 to 2 mm off center but the holes are bigger than the bolts and fit nice and snug when pulled down .. hope this helps .. Regards Stephen 

Hi Stephens

can you draw up the other one only recieved the 1 drawing.


Pete

Hi Pete  .. have done and you should have by now .. good luck .. did not draw the cracks in, just put them anywhere .. Regards Stephen

Done .. fax on way

Hi ..If you read the bottom fine print it says you will be transfered to an Ebay listing .. ..Regards Stephen

Hi .. the two at 6 mm made of alloy sounds OK .. could just araldite them together .. I'm interested in a set if the price is right .. Regards Stephen

Thanks Jamie ..  drilled mine today and apart from the drill grabbing when it went thru and stalling ( cos I was going everso gentle) everything went OK .. did not drill the hole nearest the rear door as I could not get a hand inside the small gap between the wheel well and mudguard, to do any nuts up so I left that one as is and filled with windscreen filler,.. it did not need that one anyway because the ss strip had a slight bow in it and when screwed into the rear door, and with the other clips in place it held very firmly against the car .. so the strips are on without any great dramas.. will be interested to see how you go with yours .. Regards Stephen

Totally agree with you Ken .. my FC had all the trim on it before I pulled it apart, so did not even think about drilling new paintwork to fit the trim, .. just assumed that Rare Spares trim kit would fit as the original did and no drilling was needed, ..other restorers probably assumed the same thing, .. I can say that if I had known, about the trim sets being different I would have drilled before the car went to the painters as I did when I put a new bonnet bird on ..  actually went to the panel shop 65 klms away to drill 4 holes .. I did an extensive search on the Forum on many things on restoring the car, and did not find one thing about the different hole sizes for the rear guard trim .. so hopefully future "newbies" ( I hate that word) will read this thread and take note and drill before sending their car to the painters .. Thanks to all that have helped .. Regards Stephen

Thanks Pedro ..new drill bit it will be and feather light drilling it will be .. Regards Stephen

Thanks for your help Glen .. will give it a go on the weekend .. Regards Stephen

Seems the Jury is still out, .. the part that worries me is that on the box it states " Avoid putting adhesive on exposed painted surfaces " .. which obviously means that you don't misjudge and get it on the parts of your car it's not intended for, .. same would apply to Loctite .. but as the inside of the channel where the rubber goes is painted, whats it going to do to the paint? .. also tried a bit on one of the taillight rubbers and it's very messy, very similar to Bear Quick Grip, hard to spread  and does not want to go on the places you want it to stay .. Quite prepared to use it on the rubbers though, Do I just put a dab every now and again eg 20 cm's or put the stuff all the way round the channel that the rubber sits in .. Regards Stephen

Thanks Alex .. yes your right about the last hole, I did not give it a thought, but in the RS trim set their are some white plastic push in trim holders ( suppose thats what their called), so I will use one on each side where I cannot get a nut on  .. thanks for the advice .. Regards Stephen 

Hi .. Just bought my door rubbers from Rare Spares in Adelaide and a tube of 3M WEATHERSTRIP ADHESIVE came with it .. explained to the guy at RS that most people are using Loctite 406 and he said he never use that on rubbers and did not recommend it, instead said the 3M stuff was good .. MY question is .. Has anybody used the recommended 3M Weatherstrip adhesive, is it any good and is it better than Loctite 406 (oops 3 Questions) .. Regards Stephen

Thanks CraigA .. is there any secret to drilling .. will putting masking tape over the existing hole help or some lubricant on the drill bit, etc..  I am definitely not keen on drilling new paintwork, i can imagine drills getting caught up, twisting and chips of paint flying off .. just cant understand why Rare Spares trim kit does not address this problem and supply the clips with small threads on the tabs that hold the rear strip on, thought someone would have let them know by now about the problem anyway I put the drilling off today, and will leave it until later this week .. Regards Stephen 

Thanks for your reply Alex .. looks like a sharp drill and prayer tomorrow !!!

Hi Everyone .... FC is just back from the painters and I am trying to fit the horizontal stainless trim to the rear mudguards, goes from the rear door to the taillight  .. the problem is that the original holes are way to small to take the Rare Spares clips .. is the only option to drill thru the new paintwork to make the holes bigger or is there another alternative method to fasten them.. the old clips broke (rusted) when removing them so I cannot use them .. tried the Search option but nothing relevant came up .. .. Regards Stephen

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Hi .. just wondering if someone has a spare clip that holds the tail light bulb on to the number plate bracket, it's a small clip that fits over the bulb and has two lugs that fit into slots on the number plate bracket . can be rusty, they usually are... do rare's or some other supplier sell them ??..Regards Stephen