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240 Bumper Trim Moulding 200 1991

I was able to score a nearly perfect set of bumper moulding ($6.00!)at the local rick and pull. I have pulled off and reinstalled my old set with limited success in the past. I have searched the board and have seen the bumper lossening method as well as the pin pop and reinstall method, but both posts were pretty old and seemed sketchy. Has anyone come up with a definitive method? Thanks.








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240 Bumper Trim Moulding 200 1991

I found a solution that fit my situation. I have a 1992 245 with the "whisker" trim above the bumper, as I call it, separated from most of the clips. My first attempt at a repair was to order replacement clips from TASCA. I loosened the bumper fasteners to slightly drop the bumper for an easier attachment. Didn't work. The trim would not stay attached to the clips as I raised the bumper back into position. Here's what worked. I went to Lowe's and bought an appropriate number of "speed nuts, 1/4" " and a like number of brass machine screws, nuts and washers (I think there are 7 positions). Why speed nuts you ask? They fit into the channel on the backside of the trim and will stay in position with the hole in the body if you slightly crimp the lower lip of the channel edge at the location of the opposite body hole. Of course, you have already assembled the screw with the speed nut before insert the assembly in the channel, and the bumper is dropped slightly. Then starting at one end of the trim, I slipped each screw in its body hole and temporarily held the trim in place with masking tape. With the screws now penetrating the body holes used for the former clips, I ran washers and nuts to fasten the trim onto the body. I think I used brass screws 1-1/2" 8x32. This gave me enough screw length for my clumsy fingers to work. I didn't have to touch the "hockey stick" wraparound trims at each end of the front rim. This solution is working very well, low cost, materials readily available and can be quickly put in place.

For the fun of Volvos
Mike
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'92 245DL, '90 760 GLT








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240 Bumper Trim Moulding 200 1991

That is a good idea. The only thing I would add to your method is to somehow add schrink tubing or maybe make rubber washers so you don't have rubbing metal on metal.








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240 Bumper Trim Moulding 200 1991

Yah. Maybe a rubber washer under the metal washer to avoid metallic contact with the body's metal.

For the fun of Volvos,
Mike
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'92 245DL, '90 760 GLT








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240 Bumper Trim Moulding 200 1991

This may not help you, but when my old rusty bumper molding clips loosened up recently from rust, I glued the corner molding in question back on with a combination of the clips and Permatex Silicone Adhesive. I use this Permatex product on all my loose trim pieces, and the stuff works great. It is particularly useful in re-attaching the wide trim pieces at the bottom of the doors. Those trim pieces are always starting to pull off. I have door trim pieces that I glued back on over 10 years ago with Permatex, and they have yet to budge.

The product is also handy in re-attaching that long, undercarriage trim piece (I've forgotten its name). New clips also seem to break in the particular reinstallation, and if the broken clips are in semi-decent shape, you can get away using them in combination with a little bit of the Permatex.

Maybe this helps, maybe it doesn't, but an FYI...

Link: http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1419007&cagpspn=pla







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