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Friends: 0 | Has anyone had a problem with the rubber roof molding strip being blown away during highway driving? (2005 Prius) I just noticed that my driver side strip is missing and I find it hard to believe that this strip could be lossended by the wind and blown away. I tend to think that someone needed this strip and helped themselves to mine instead of pucrchasing a replacement from a dealer. However, if other owners are missing either side, their may be a problem with the adhesive used to keep them in place. Your feed back would be appreciated. |
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| absit invidia Join Date: May 2005 Location: USA | Oregon | Portland area | 97004 |
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Friends: 60 | There's no adhesive, they just push into place. I've taken mine off to treat with 303 Protectant. Both ends fit into a loose clip. Sorry you lost yours. |
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Friends: 0 | <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(longjohn931 @ May 26 2006, 08:59 PM) [snapback]261565[/snapback]</div> Quote:
Thanks Bill, maybe the brushless carwash I use periodically had too much pressure one day. I'm off to the dealer today to order a replacement, I'll let everyone know the cost for your reference. | |
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Friends: 0 | Yeah, I noticed that I could pop one end of those strips out easily by hand when I was washing the car and trying to extract all those stupid pine needles... felt like a very weak clip, and I started getting paranoid that the strip could work loose and pop off with enough air pressure. I had a door strip launch itself off my old Subaru into the median one day for similar reasons [the cheezy double-sticky tape failed...] hmm, maybe I should figure out a way to at least anchor down the front ends better. . _H* |
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Friends: 60 | Maybe that's why they pull out so easy: to facilitate cleaning out the pine needles (Doug Fir in my case) that want to turn to mulch under there. |
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Friends: 0 | Lost one of mine as well on the highway. A new one cost me $ 73,-. I want to glue them firmly into place since they don't seem to have any real purpose. I assume some kind of silicone kit will not damage the paintwork. Any ideas? |
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