'82 323i door interior chrome trim

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rod_r
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'82 323i door interior chrome trim

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This is a silly little question, but I have learned it's better to ask and do it right than guess wrong and stuff it up worse than it was.

I thought I was missing the plastic triangular covers to the mirror attachment points when I bought the car, but recently found them in the passenger door pocket. I went to install them and realised the passenger chrome strip along the top of the door was mounted too far forward by 3-5mm and is not quite sitting right, and preventing the plastic cover to fit.

I can't find anywhere how that chrome strip is mounted, and I didn't want to start pulling stuff off or pushing stuff around in case I broke or ripped something that would be hard to replace.


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Re: '82 323i door interior chrome trim

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The chrome on the doorcard is part of the doorcard. So it is almost of the whole doorpanel/doorcard is sitting to high. Got a pic?
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Re: '82 323i door interior chrome trim

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Now that I look at it, the door card has come away a bit around the bottom corners....someone has taken it off and not put it back right

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Re: '82 323i door interior chrome trim

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My thoughts exacly. Remove the doorcard, put on the plastic covers and put the doorcard back the way it should sit.
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1978 BMW 323i
1980 BMW 528i maior restitutio
1987 BMW 325iA cabriolet
2015 BMW 320dA touring xDrive High Executive ///Msport
2016 BMW 420dA Gran Coupé
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