Silver trim on doors

Hey all. I have removed the silver trim on my door interior and painted. I have been looking at the reinstall. I have seen some use JB Weld to secure where the old plastic welds were. I was wondering if using small screws would be as effective or maybe even better if you have to remove it again due to a scratch or something. What are others thoughts here and if you removed these how did you go back with it?

 

Yes, JB Kwik Weld is what I used. However, my front passenger side door trim was abruptly knocked out of place.

My passenger was laughing too hard and “fell” into the door?! It resulted in everything but the corner near the window controls being popped off inside the door. Yeah, I was deeply upset...

I then used thick black vinyl washers with original OEM Toyota dash/trim (from my 99 RAV4 parts car) in the the respective areas where I had kwik welded them originally. It has been a super strong hold as well. Just be super careful and slow to observe that none of your screws are too long and breaks through the panel to be visible.

Best of luck.

 

Thank you. I bought a kit of various screw sizes so I am certain they won’t go all the way through.

yeah. I would have been upset to have to bust the door back open. You think the screw way to go is the right option or should I do something more like what you are describing?

 

I am unsure as to what happened to those pictures I took of the door being “screwed”!

I think both ways are very solid, reliable. However, I tend to be old school and like fasteners, mechanical grip, you know?.

I have both installed and anticipate no subsequent repairs necessary. In the event, they are required, I will go the screws method as I have a ton of OEM fasteners that will work.

 

Yeah. I like fasteners too. I am finding that my assortment doesn’t have the exact size I need as some screws do not get a firm seat. What size did you use?

 

They are normally about a half of an inch dash/trim screw. There are some of them that run a tad bit smaller and I used those ones in the shallowest parts of the door. I remember that I used the bench grinder to grind down one of them that was a couple of hairs too long.

 

Ok. I have several half inch sizes. Like 8, 10 and 12 size. I also used a gasketed washer to take up a bit more space. The 10 works most of the time but I find a few don’t set well. I will try with the 12s tomorrow and let you know. At some point I will get one fat enough to bite!