I am in the process of repairing rust damage to my '82 w126 along the lower body trim. The rust originates from the trim tabs holding the panels in place, but only along the top of the panels (the door bottoms are mint) I had the panels off the doors, and pondered the idea of deleting the trim entirely. Has anyone done this? Yes, filling in the holes required.

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1982 300sd, new project car to restore

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