SI OTS DOOR CARDS

[ALAN COCHRANE]

Hi Everyone

I've hit a snag with my S1 OTS interior re-furb. The row of six spring clips along the top of the door card are not long enough to engage in the corresponding holes in the door. This is due to the bottom of the door capping pushing out the top of the door card.
Has anyone else come across this problem and how did you overcome this? Is there such a thing as a longer clip with the shoulder positioned further down the sprung part?

Cheers

Alan

[Dave K]

Hi Alan,

Did you put foam all the way down on the top capping? If you have this could be the reason why the clips aren't long enough. The top capping is made from thin sheet steel with slots in, they are a lot larger than the holes because the bottom door card holds it in place.
Just a thought.

Dave

[vee12eman]

Hi Alan,

There are indeed clips as you describe, I came across them when restoring a GT6 some years ago. They are used for the trims down the rear quarter panels either side of the tailgate.

However, finding them is very hard, even the Triumph dealers don't seem to acknowledge their existence, despite the fact I was holding one in my hand at the time and I had to find s/h ones on old cars til' I had a full set. You will probably find it better to investigate why the clips you have (which are probably correct) don't work. Try putting a slight curvature in the door cards, it is not often realised these panels do curve ever so slightly when installed and new panels sometimes spring out even when all is correct. Also try re-profiling the clips you have and open them out slightly to give more positive location.

Dave is also correct about the cappings and maybe you need to lose around 5mm of foam from the very lowest portion of the cappings before fitting the cards.

Regards

Simon

[ALAN COCHRANE]

Hi Dave

Thanks for the reply. Yes this could be the problem. I may have doubled the effect by returning the leather around the bottom and up the back.
I'll check it out tomorrow. As you know my cards were not the correct type for an early S1. The cards had the incorrect "hook under" style of chrome trim which was screwed to the door itself. So I was unsure how to finish off the cappings now that I'm using a row of spring clips instead.

Cheers

Alan

[ALAN COCHRANE]

Simon

I had the very same problem with my GT6 some years ago. I can't for the life of me remember how I overcame it. I have attached the following link to a company I discovered who sell a wide range of clips:-

http://www.bresco.com/acatalog/Trim_Pad_Clips.html

Perhaps the item under Ref: 12770P was the one you mentioned. This will be my plan B if re-jigging the capping foam & leather doesn't work.

Cheers

Alan

[38E]

There is a later modification to that top chrome trim which is a much more secure arrangement IMO. I'm not sure when it was introduced but I used it myself on my FHC. (The upper trim strips are the same on the FHC and OTS.)

Instead of a top strip similar to the lower one, the newer top strip is actually an inverted J-shaped channel which fixes to the door with pk screws, securely holding the bottom of the capping at the same time.

Then, the door card slides up into the channel, thus firmly securing the top part while the rest is secured with clips into the door.

I did this to my own car because the earlier style trim strip was always letting go due to the clips popping out. It's vitally impossible to tell the difference just by looking.