The lower trim piece under the driver's small front quarter window on my 2009 5DR SL appears to have a life of its own. In this picture, it is shown as it was when the car was delivered, that is with its right edge sitting just below the leftmost edge of the dashboard.[IMG][/IMG]
In recent weeks, it has started to pop up so that the edge of the trim piece sits slightly higher than the edge of the dash. The next picture shows this. Although it appears flush, it is slightly higher.[IMG][/IMG]
If I press down on its edge, the trim piece goes back to its original position, slightly below the dash edge and similar to the one on the passenger side.
Has anyone else experienced this? Has anyone had any of this area apart and know what is supposed to keep this trim piece in place?
I prefer it in the lower position and would like to keep it that way, perhaps with some glue or caulk of some sort if I can slip some underneath.
My sense is the only thing that keeps it down for days at a time is its edge binds with the dash until it contracts enough to pop up again. As I said, the passenger side remains lower but a quick visual suggests that may be because the dash is just that little bit higher on that side.
I realize this isn't a major problem but just another item in the long list of buggy items, especially one that is right in your line of view every time you're driving.
Small Window Trim Alive?
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Re: Small Window Trim Alive? (JPS48)
It just snaps into the Pillar trim and rests against the dash side. Try a piece of double-sided tape from the dash to the piece and that should keep it in place. Caulk may be a little too permanent.
Re: Small Window Trim Alive? (Promise Land)
Thanks for the advice. Does yours do this?
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Re: Small Window Trim Alive? (JPS48)
Yes, mine do it also. I just push them down and don't think too much about it.
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Well, it's now 5 months later and you know how it's often said, it's the small things that can drive you crazy. . . . . . .
With the warm summer weather, the dash side trim would rise up to about threefold from my earlier posted photo. Pushing it back into place would last about 5 minutes. I tried using high grade silicone but this failed also after about a week. I suspect the off-gassing of the plastic creates a film on the plastic which prohibits the silicone from properly adhering. So this time, under very bright sunlight, I decided to explore exactly what's under there. Turns out the only thing that keeps it down is its edge, which Nissan apply a black felt material to, when wedged against the main dash. There are no clips, pegs or snap-ins underneath.
Here are the steps I used and would recommend:
1) Place a few strips of masking tape on the dash to the right of the seam. This will act as protection to its surface during the following steps.
2) Using thin wooden shims, something in the order of oversized tongue depressors, pry the trim piece up in the centre to allow for a half to three quarter inch gap. Keep it open using an appropriate wooden stick of similar thickness.
3) Find the l-shaped plastic post which is part of the trim piece that protrudes downward underneath it.
4) Drill a small hole in this post. I used an X-acto #1 handle with a very small modeler's drill bit mounted in it.
5) Remove the fuse panel cover as well as the side dash access panel you can see when the door is open. This side panel pops off fairly easily when pushed from the inside from the fuse access opening.
6) Using fine gauge wire, 22ga in my case, feed the wire through the drilled hole in the trim underside and feed both ends down into the dash using the two removed panels as viewing spots.
7) Remove the wedges used to pry and prop the trim piece up along with the masking tape and push the trim piece down into place.
8) Then take the two ends of the wire which should now be hanging freely into the footwell area and find a suitable 'anchor' to wind them around. There are a number of possibilities and this will depend upon how small or large your hands are.
9) Once tied down, trim any excess wire and replace the two dash access panels.
Sounds like a lengthy process but in my case, well under 10 minutes. And now, that small but very irritating problem which always seemed to be not far from my line of sight is gone for good!
With the warm summer weather, the dash side trim would rise up to about threefold from my earlier posted photo. Pushing it back into place would last about 5 minutes. I tried using high grade silicone but this failed also after about a week. I suspect the off-gassing of the plastic creates a film on the plastic which prohibits the silicone from properly adhering. So this time, under very bright sunlight, I decided to explore exactly what's under there. Turns out the only thing that keeps it down is its edge, which Nissan apply a black felt material to, when wedged against the main dash. There are no clips, pegs or snap-ins underneath.
Here are the steps I used and would recommend:
1) Place a few strips of masking tape on the dash to the right of the seam. This will act as protection to its surface during the following steps.
2) Using thin wooden shims, something in the order of oversized tongue depressors, pry the trim piece up in the centre to allow for a half to three quarter inch gap. Keep it open using an appropriate wooden stick of similar thickness.
3) Find the l-shaped plastic post which is part of the trim piece that protrudes downward underneath it.
4) Drill a small hole in this post. I used an X-acto #1 handle with a very small modeler's drill bit mounted in it.
5) Remove the fuse panel cover as well as the side dash access panel you can see when the door is open. This side panel pops off fairly easily when pushed from the inside from the fuse access opening.
6) Using fine gauge wire, 22ga in my case, feed the wire through the drilled hole in the trim underside and feed both ends down into the dash using the two removed panels as viewing spots.
7) Remove the wedges used to pry and prop the trim piece up along with the masking tape and push the trim piece down into place.
8) Then take the two ends of the wire which should now be hanging freely into the footwell area and find a suitable 'anchor' to wind them around. There are a number of possibilities and this will depend upon how small or large your hands are.
9) Once tied down, trim any excess wire and replace the two dash access panels.
Sounds like a lengthy process but in my case, well under 10 minutes. And now, that small but very irritating problem which always seemed to be not far from my line of sight is gone for good!
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Re: Small Window Trim Alive?
Wow I cannot imagine how the noises it makes while driving will affect you down the road lol.
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