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Wheel well trim or NOT?

Started by MxRacer855, April 24, 2014, 10:25:23 PM

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Wheel well trim or NOT?

Yes
70 (78.7%)
No
19 (21.3%)

Total Members Voted: 89

Voting closed: May 04, 2014, 10:25:23 PM

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Ghoste

#50
April 28, 2014, 05:31:12 AM
Nice photo heavyfuel. :drool5:

HeavyFuel

#51
April 28, 2014, 10:43:19 AM
Quote from: el dub on April 27, 2014, 09:48:34 PM
Are the screws that hold on the trim stainless? What size are they? You all got me wanting to put my trim on next.

Zinc.


AMK has them.

el dub

#52
April 28, 2014, 10:58:06 AM
Thanks, that's what I was looking for Heavy Fuel.
entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem

bill440rt

#53
April 28, 2014, 12:57:02 PM
Just a heads up, those screws are correct up until '69.
In '70, the screws changed to this design.
"Strive for perfection in everything. Take the best that exists and make it better. If it doesn't exist, create it. Accept nothing nearly right or good enough." Sir Henry Rolls Royce

HeavyFuel

#54
April 29, 2014, 10:56:32 AM
Ah...Bill....I see what you did there.....'just a "heads" up'.    :lol:

bill440rt

#55
April 29, 2014, 12:14:26 PM
 :icon_smile_wink:   :smilielol:
"Strive for perfection in everything. Take the best that exists and make it better. If it doesn't exist, create it. Accept nothing nearly right or good enough." Sir Henry Rolls Royce

64dartgt

#56
April 29, 2014, 03:54:32 PM
For me, being a New Englander, a car without the chrome wheel well trim used to be a sure indication that there was too much bondo in panel to refit it.  They used to just slather it on.  I once saw a 70 camaro with a missing chunk on the door a half inch thick  :eek2:

challenger70

#57
April 29, 2014, 04:06:08 PM
Quote from: Lord Warlock on April 27, 2014, 11:45:53 PM
The originals I don't think were stainless, mine were corroded and a bit rusty when i took them off to paint, the ones i used to put them back on were stainless i believe.  I found absolutely no rust anywhere under my trim when i took them off, so they don't attract rust, some of the backsides of the trim had minor grime and  a spot or two of rust forming that came off with a little scrubbing with steel wool.

I thought all the trim was stainless...  I bought a set off a guy that claims they were original in real nice shape and they had chunks of a very rusted out charger still around the screws.
'68 383 A833 QQ1 Charger
'70  440 727 FY1 Challenger

Lord Warlock

#58
April 30, 2014, 01:15:07 AM
The trim itself probably is stainless,  I don't think the original screws that held them on were stainless though, my screws rusted some, as mentioned before there was some pitting and rust looking spots on the underside of mine after taking it off, but it all came off after working on it with steel wool and sandpaper.  So I believe the trim is stainless...can't sand and repolish chrome...found out that the vent window chrome is actually plated not stainless like the rest of the trim was, it did NOT like being sanded on .   None of my fenders had any rust forming along the edge where the wheel well trim was, so I don't think it promoted rust there, unless there was other rust  already present.
69 RT/SE Y3 cream yellow w/tan vinyl top and black r/t stripe. non matching 440/375, 3:23, Column shift auto w/buddy seat, tan interior, am/fm w/fr to back fade, Now wears 17" magnum 500 rims and Nitto tires. Fresh repaint, new interior, new wheels and tires.

Ghoste

#59
April 30, 2014, 05:21:07 AM
Yes, stainless trim with non stainless screws.
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