Interior Door Trim Help

Liam1106 · 11-14-2020, 03:14 PM

Hi

I’m having trouble with my door trim staying attached to the actual door card. The black housing that holds the actual clips on the trim piece has broken. Im aware that you can purchase replacement clips, but I’m not sure what to buy to replace the actual housing, or what my alternatives would be. Thank you for any help

Tunafish · 11-14-2020, 04:04 PM

Get yourself epoxy and glue broken piece back together.. You can find a donor piece for the missing from any garbage item and shape to fit.. Adding support is not a bad idea.. I use this stuff a lot and it's nice to have it around when needed.. https://www.walmart.com/ip/J-B-Weld-...-8oz/132459371

Meeni · 11-16-2020, 11:20 PM

Buy the replacement clips and glue them in place with some epoxy glue.

Once they are set you can put back the part as usual and you should be able to still remove it if you ever need to disassemble the door panel.

Liam1106 · 11-22-2020, 08:09 PM

Thanks for the responses guys. I’ll try some epoxy/Jb Weld for now. I was hoping for a simple replacement part, the female piece that holds the clips themselves to the trim. But it seems like that piece just comes together with the whole door card. I’ll do what I can, in the meantime if any one else has dealt with this problem feel free to chime in. Thanks fellas

BSM n54iS · 11-22-2020, 08:10 PM

I actually couldn't find the specific piece I don't think on Real OEM but go search if you think you see it. Otherwise I would take the door card apart and disassemble it until I found a PN on the piece itself.

nsjames · 11-22-2020, 08:53 PM

the problem with glue in this situation is that the surface area it's actually going to bond is very small.

If you don't want it to break off, used some fiberglass cloth with the epoxy. Sand the plastic with some 120 grit before you lay the cloth on it, and then wet the cloth down.

If you did a layer on the inside of that corner and a layer on the outside you could bond them together where your missing part is and then just cut the square hole out. Be fixed forever.

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Liam1106 Private 2 Rep 62 Posts Drives: Totaled Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Massachusetts iTrader: (0)	Interior Door Trim Help Hi I’m having trouble with my door trim staying attached to the actual door card. The black housing that holds the actual clips on the trim piece has broken. Im aware that you can purchase replacement clips, but I’m not sure what to buy to replace the actual housing, or what my alternatives would be. Thank you for any help Attached Images
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Tunafish Banned 262 Rep 818 Posts Drives: BMW 335i N55 Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Home iTrader: (0)	Get yourself epoxy and glue broken piece back together.. You can find a donor piece for the missing from any garbage item and shape to fit.. Adding support is not a bad idea.. I use this stuff a lot and it's nice to have it around when needed.. https://www.walmart.com/ip/J-B-Weld-...-8oz/132459371
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Meeni Gateropode 329 Rep 2,848 Posts Drives: BMW 330i 06 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: TN iTrader: (0)	Buy the replacement clips and glue them in place with some epoxy glue. Once they are set you can put back the part as usual and you should be able to still remove it if you ever need to disassemble the door panel.
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Liam1106 Private 2 Rep 62 Posts Drives: Totaled Join Date: Dec 2018 Location: Massachusetts iTrader: (0)	Thanks for the responses guys. I’ll try some epoxy/Jb Weld for now. I was hoping for a simple replacement part, the female piece that holds the clips themselves to the trim. But it seems like that piece just comes together with the whole door card. I’ll do what I can, in the meantime if any one else has dealt with this problem feel free to chime in. Thanks fellas
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BSM n54iS Brigadier General 2685 Rep 4,202 Posts Drives: '11 335is \| '16 Macan Turbo Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Everywhere and Nowhere iTrader: (7)	I actually couldn't find the specific piece I don't think on Real OEM but go search if you think you see it. Otherwise I would take the door card apart and disassemble it until I found a PN on the piece itself. __________________ '11 335is BSM MT "BMW Performance Editon" \| '16 Porsche Macan Turbo GruppeM CF Intake \| AR Resonated DP \| ER CP \| Turbosmart RacePort BOV \| Cobb FMIC \| RB Inlets \| RB External Mishi/Turner OCC \| Michelin PS4 \| BMW Performance Springs/Bilstein B8 + Dinan & M3 bits \| BMW Brembo BBK \| BMW Performance CF Spoiler \| BMW Performance CF Lip \| BMW Performance Alcantara \| PS Designs GTS Armrest \| AG H6-40 \| Rear Seat Delete
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nsjames Brigadier General 2442 Rep 4,330 Posts Drives: 08 328xi Touring Join Date: May 2017 Location: ohio iTrader: (0)	the problem with glue in this situation is that the surface area it's actually going to bond is very small. If you don't want it to break off, used some fiberglass cloth with the epoxy. Sand the plastic with some 120 grit before you lay the cloth on it, and then wet the cloth down. If you did a layer on the inside of that corner and a layer on the outside you could bond them together where your missing part is and then just cut the square hole out. Be fixed forever.
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