The best advice I can give is to either try to locate old original (black in color) rocker molding clips and use those. The new parts just dont work. What you can do is either use new clips to donate the center pin or use a sheet metal screw to expand the wings on the back so it will stay in.

New clips=Molding that does not will not fit and will fall off in the center if you look at it cross-eyed

Old clips with new centers=easy fit, never fall off and harmonious existence among all living things.
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Matt McGinn
Sports Car Restoration
www.sports-car-restoration.com
1974 2002 turbo 4290909, resto project, looking for parts
89 M50'd e30
72 Alfa GT Veloce
84 M491 911
68 1600 channeled and flared project
70 2002 flared car project

Matt - you scare me, I put the rocker molding on the touring and P2 with the new clips, I guess I should expect them to fall off somewhere between Baltimore and VatV. Maybe that is where I will use masking tape!

Back to you Roger, working from a tired memory, I think those tanish looking new clips go on the inner most holes, I thought there were metal ones with small bolts and nut that held to most rear one and the most forward one. These forward and rear ones mount into the wheel wells so you can get the nuts on. I need for someone to verify this, really foggy on these.

Now to the inner ones, The clips need to mount to the car first, the clips have a push type holding device. The pin goes into the car and as you push it into the hole on the car, the outer part of the clip expands as you push the clip into the hole. If the holes are not enlarged ( you have a chance to make the holes the right size) the clips should stay.

The molding goes on by hanging the top of the molding on the clips and with a firm rap of the palm of you hand hitting in and down, the molding should go on.

The complicating part are the two end pieces. Still foggy but you will notice a cut out on the back of the molding on the forward and rear ends. This is where those metal pieces fit into then they slide to where they meet the front holes. These metal clips slide onto the molding though those cut outs then into place. I can not remember if the metal clips go onto the car loosly then the molding onto the clips of visa versa.

Someone else will clear this up I am sure.

Better to show you than tell you, wish I was in Albany to help, see my son, and eat Tapas.

As someone else stated, they do not fit snuggly to the car. There is a three piece gray vinyl strip that glues to each side to close the gap between the molding and the car.
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1972 2000tii Touring
1972 2002tii with A4 system
1972 2002tii found a motor
16' Mad River

These are the new rocker trim clips. The flared section on the left of the clip is what goes in the hole on the car, you put that into the car with the clip flush to the car, then push the pin, on the right, into the clip and it expands the flared part hopefully holding it into the body.


Fuzzy picture of the nut holding the front metal clip on, this picture is taken from the front fender well.


The part numbers for the gray vinyl trim


Vinyl trim showing how it is glued on
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1972 2000tii Touring
1972 2002tii with A4 system
1972 2002tii found a motor
16' Mad River

Excellent assistance. Thank you, thank you. Couple questions for Bill. Do you have a part number for the metal clips at the ends of the molding (I suspected such pieces because of the gaps on the inside ends of the moldings) the and the 3 piece vinyl stripping, which I do not believe appears in any of the parts schematics. Depending on parts availablity and time, I may or may not have the moldings on at V@V. But after 8 years of rehab, what's the rush? Thanks again. (Bill, I guess Frank and I are meeting you at Hagertown the evening of the 22nd - see you then)
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Roger
1972 2002 VIN 2575613
2002 325xi, daily driver
1992 525i, traded
1982 320i, traded
1973 tii, sadly traded
1971 1600, traded

It may be

FASTENER 51 13 6 440 145
FLAT WASHER 07 11 9 936 412
SPRING WASHER 07 11 9 933 034

I think you can see the part numbers for the gray trim on the picture above.

If you have the parts manual, check section 51/5

See you in Hagerstown on the way to VatV. We will have a good dinner at Berhans Station together.
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1972 2000tii Touring
1972 2002tii with A4 system
1972 2002tii found a motor
16' Mad River

About TEN years ago - Lawrence Charlemaigne (sp?) and I spoke about the dreaded "updated" tan clips. They simply don't work. Lawrence then proceded to fish around in his pocket and produced a small plastic BLACK clip in the palm of his hand, identical to the original ones fitted by BMW back in the 70s. He told me at the time that he had a source for these jewels. try giving him a call. He might still have a line on them.

The owner of this orange car is thinking about reinstalling the rocker trim...I really really hope he changes his mind. I'm not looking forward to sourcing NLA / expensive seal strips and clips.

HTH!

Paul

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