Broken door panel trim studs

[Ryanfrazier88]

I'm working on getting my interior put back together on my 78 Blazer. The door panels are in decent enough shape for me to re-use. I've re-painted them to match my truck and when I took these chrome beauty rings off along with the metal looking trim inserts a bunch of the plastic studs were very brittle and broke almost immediately. Is there any way to repair these that make sense or am I better off just trying to save for new replacements?

 

[dra1967pool]

There is really no way to fix and it will break later because of the plastic is cold.

 

[HankScorpio]

Check with @kennyw, he dismantles lots of these old rigs.

 

[kennyw]

There is really no way to fix and it will break later because of the plastic is cold.

I'm guessing you ment OLD? Old and brittle plastic is difficult to fix.

Check with @kennyw, he dismantles lots of these old rigs.

They never come off without breaking.

 

[dra1967pool]

I'm guessing you ment OLD? Old and brittle plastic is difficult to fix.

They never come off without breaking.

Yep!

 

[kennyw]

One thing I have thought about doing for a repair is to epoxy a jam nut to the trim (careful to not get epoxy in the thread), drill out the mounting holes so the hex fits inside the hole, then use a short bolt with fender washer to mount the trim. The downside is you have to drill out the door panel just to test it.

 

[Fastereddie]

I would just glue them on.

 

[dra1967pool]

One thing I have thought about doing for a repair is to epoxy a jam nut to the trim (careful to not get epoxy in the thread), drill out the mounting holes so the hex fits inside the hole, then use a short bolt with fender washer to mount the trim. The downside is you have to drill out the door panel just to test it.

 

[dra1967pool]

That might work. If it doesn't then the new ones!