I had a little rust showing above the fender trim. I removed the trim (pried it off using claw hammer). No problem. Clips still intact.

Once I have rust repaired/painted, I need to put that trim back on. I have done this before but forget how I did it!

I found that I had 3 new clips. (But now I seem to have lost one ) . Easy way would seem to be to install clips on the trim them push the trim on. But the trim pieces have a pin that has to be hammered to set the clips in place. So it seems that the clips need to be installed on fender first and then trim fitted over the clips and hammered on?

Can anyone confirm this? My memory now says I had to hammer them on. Maybe heat the trim first? I am sure we had a discussion here about it but search doesn't find it.

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Graham
85 300D,72 350SL, 98 E320, Outback 2.5