Hey, me and my friend are restoring a 2-door ke30, we bought the rubbers for the windscreens, but the came with the cut-out slot for chrome strips.

 

We now have a problem...we got no chrome strips...

 

Where can we find some?

Last time I had a screen put in, the bloke told me that they are no longer made for Corollas. However, Torana ones (or some similar holden) will fit the moulding.

I guess when you work out which make of car will suit, you could get them from Rare Spares or some other Holden parts dealer.

hey mate try spectrum rubber at st marys they have them i got all my rubbers and chrome strips from there

i got mine form RARE SPARES roxburg park if ur from melb but I'm sure other rare spares will have them just corner bits are hard to come by they only had the bottom corners for me had use second hand top corners

i only cut the bottom corners the top u can get the chrome strip to just bend right round it

Thankyou very much for the help people...very much appreciated.

 

Exactly what i needed to know.

Speaking of chrome strips, the chrome strips that run along the side of the body(this is a 2-door remember), i noticed that they only have a chrome outline, then a black plastic/rubber in the centre...with a pointed tip at each end.

 

Did these ever come in 100% chrome? without the black centre?

 

vvvv...here's what I'm talking about....vvvv

Pickapart wreckers are full of KE30's. Just get some from there.

i tried removing some the other day. the plastic is very hard to extract without cracking it.

 

i have the proper tool to get it out, but the rubber is usually so brittle it is near impossible.

 

best to cut the old rubber seal to get the plastic trim out.

 

best o luck.

 

-dave

i bought a roll of the chrome/plastic insert from rare spares here in nz its bloody cheap but you need the proper tool to fit it any window fitting place will have the correct tool.

on a kind of related note (don't mean to hijack your thread either JOEKA, tell me off if so) my ke30 has chrome strips, but they have clear plastic over the top which has since cracked from UV damage and I want to get all of it off cos it looks crap. Is there any way of doing this well without having to pop out the windscreen, I mean, can you just pop out the chrome strips from the rubber and leave the windscreen in tact and then just pop them back in after i've taken all the yellow'd plastic off?

thanks in advance

on a kind of related note (don't mean to hijack your thread either JOEKA, tell me off if so) my ke30 has chrome strips, but they have clear plastic over the top which has since cracked from UV damage and I want to get all of it off cos it looks crap. Is there any way of doing this well without having to pop out the windscreen, I mean, can you just pop out the chrome strips from the rubber and leave the windscreen in tact and then just pop them back in after i've taken all the yellow'd plastic off?

thanks in advance

 

yeah u can. the chrome strips simply pull out, removal of the windscreen isn't necessary.

i pulled all mine out and chucked them cause they were badly cracked, buggered if i kno what I'm gonna do now lol

Easiest was to get them out without damage, is to get a very sharp stanley knife, lay it over on its side using the chrome trim as a guide, and shave off the top of the outer aspect of the windscreen seal all the way around.

 

You can then easily remove the chrome.

 

Quick and easy, just keep your fingers out of the way.

thanks parrot, will give it a shot, hope you find some fresh strips palmy

Easiest was to get them out without damage, is to get a very sharp stanley knife, lay it over on its side using the chrome trim as a guide, and shave off the top of the outer aspect of the windscreen seal all the way around.

 

You can then easily remove the chrome.

 

Quick and easy, just keep your fingers out of the way.

 

 

does this allow them to be re fitted? is there enough of the rubber material to hold them in place?