I've been trying to straighten a piece of unpainted door trim from a 99 for about 2 days now with very limited success....well, say temporary success -the plastic's "memory" keeps returning the piece to the warped condition. The piece has a concave bend in it, so the 2 ends want to "peel up" when it's on the door.
I've tried hot water, a heat gun, manually bending it....it's just that during the cooling process it SLOWY goes back to it's warped shape. Before I went to bed last night I bent it literally in half about 30 times(about 3 times, 10 times each time) while it was cool. It has only *slightly* returned to the warped shape but I'm afraid once it's on the door and is exposed to higher temperatures again it will revert the whole way back.
I'm getting really disgusted with the whole thing because I spent about 2 hours removing the glue & tape from the door, and probably a few hours messing around with the trim! And this is ONLY DOOR TRIM!
Oh yeah, anyone have an idea of what this piece would be from a dealer assuming I can't repair it? (guessing at least $40). Thanks if anyone can help!
-paul
I've tried hot water, a heat gun, manually bending it....it's just that during the cooling process it SLOWY goes back to it's warped shape. Before I went to bed last night I bent it literally in half about 30 times(about 3 times, 10 times each time) while it was cool. It has only *slightly* returned to the warped shape but I'm afraid once it's on the door and is exposed to higher temperatures again it will revert the whole way back.
I'm getting really disgusted with the whole thing because I spent about 2 hours removing the glue & tape from the door, and probably a few hours messing around with the trim! And this is ONLY DOOR TRIM!
Oh yeah, anyone have an idea of what this piece would be from a dealer assuming I can't repair it? (guessing at least $40). Thanks if anyone can help!
-paul