Interior Help

[Dick C.]

After having my interior trim reinstalled in my 67 coupe, some of the trim screws are loose and won't tighten up. What can I do to eliminate this problem ? Thanks, Dick

[Ed Jennings]

Re: Interior Help

There are a number of remdies for this rather common ailment. One of the simplest is to install plastic drywall anchors in the oversize holes. This works pretty well if there isn't a lot of presure on the screw. Another way is to install larger screws. Someone sells oversize screws with the same size head, but I can't tell you where to get them. A good way on holes that have some pressure is to install a small metal strip over the hole with pop rivets. The catalog vendors sell kits for this, but you can make your own. You can always fill the holes with fiberglass resin and a little bit of chopped glass. Pretty time consuming. There are probably some other tricks I don't know about, but these will get you started.

[Ray G.]

Re: Interior Help

This a most common and irritating problem. Ive use the little metel strips , pop riveting them in, drilling a pilot hole then replacing the original screws, or new ones available from a vendor. Its the only way Ive found that works well enough to recommend. Good Luck......Ray

[Ed Jennings]

Re: Interior Help

If you use the metal strips, drill your screw hole first and insert the screw in it and into the hole. This will locate the hole exactly. Then you can locate the holes for the pop rivets. These work real well and are a pretty permanent repair. Some areas the little plastic sheetrock anchors will do a satisfactory job. Some areas are too close to the edge of the trim and you may have to trim down the metal strip or even cut one end off.

[Wayne C.]

Re: Interior Help

Along those same lines, you could epoxy a small circle of fiberglass behind the panel. Also, there are flexible plastic "nuts" that pop into square holes in license plate brackets, etc... you can file a sqare hole of the right size and pop one in.

[Dick C.]

Re: Interior Help

Thanks for the ideas. Will keep in touch. *NM*