This annoying thing happened a few weeks ago and i just got the time to look into it. The trim piece on the front left fender has broken off. two of the three clips are missing, and what appears to be what they were mounted to are rusted to high heaven. Does anyone has an extra one that will clip on I could buy or advise on how to reattach without the use of a stainless screw through it (the advise my father gave). Picture below:

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In the Garage:
'84 300SD, 85K "The Princess"
2011 BMW 328I XDrive, DD

Treat the rust and glue it?

I tried glueing it, it refuses to stay, and I'm afraid to clamp for fear of damaging the paint.

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In the Garage:
'84 300SD, 85K "The Princess"
2011 BMW 328I XDrive, DD

Trim has to be handled carefully. You should gently pry off the whole piece and put it in a safe place. Then when you can, stop at the dealer and order the bag of clips for that piece, put the clips, (usually plastic rivets) in the trim and gently replace it. If your trim is already bent, you might as well replace it also. Quite inexpensive and easy to do right.

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Junqueyardjim
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1983 Mercedes W123 240D 4 Speed 285,000 on the road with a 617 turbo, beautiful butter yellow, license plate # 83 240D INDIANA

2003 Jaguar Type X, AWD. beautiful, good mileage,
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1979 240D Caledonia Green/cream gone
1982 240D stick Ivory/Palimino
1999 E300D White/grey

Call Phil or Pierre. They have them by the hundreds. Best to use the OEM and do it right. I am still having problems after the paint job, because the Mexican Auto Painter decided to try to make the old ones work, as he thought new ones were prohibitively expensive. So now, 5 yrs later, I am chasing popping trim with a bag of them that I keep in the glovebox that I bought from Pierre. I still need to replace the left front fender trim that dropped off or someone helped themselves to. Anyone have an extra laying around? LOL

Torie

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1983 300D, the "Avocado"
1976 240D, 4-spd the "Pumpkin", SOLD to Pierre
1984 190D, 2.2L, 5-spd, my intro to MBZ diesels, crashed into in 2002

well, that's the one I'm getting a new one of (at least i think?), anyways, you are welcome to it, it looks nice, just a bit bent. Time to go email phil...

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In the Garage:
'84 300SD, 85K "The Princess"
2011 BMW 328I XDrive, DD