I bought some of the re pop head rest chrome trim for a 70 b body. I got the old stuff off finally and cleaned the head rest with mar hyde cleaner andwiped it down good, then pulled the tape on the new trim and tried to stick it on. Nope...the stuff will not stick to the head rest in fact it is a 3 m tape and wont stick to much of anything. I did this at room temp so that's not the issue.

Any idea what I can do with the useless new trim? Has anyone ever used this crap? I am thinking about trying some weather strip adhesive on it but hate to ruin the original head rests.

Any better ideas out there ?

I used superglue on my 70 Dart. Had no issues after 3 years of being done.

I think I might try that. Thanks

All of the repro headrest trim I've tried to use does not fit down in the groove and does not have the same shape as the original. I had mine all prepped and ready and tried at least two different vendors and could not get it to fit rigt or stick. I ended up sending mine to Just Headrests in St.Louis and I am extremely happy with the decision. It cost me more to have someone else do them but it was worth it.

I used the same type of chrome trim on my 70 Darts headrest. I cut it to lenth, drilled a small hole 1/2" from each end, removed the tape backing, centered the seam under the headrest. Then took a piece of thin wire(22 gauge) looped it through the holes in the end of the chrome strip, pulled the wire real tight and twisted the ends of the wire. I never took the wire out, but I think you could once the tape sets. JWH

Glad you mentioned that....I also did this as well as the super glue.

I bought a whole roll of the chrome trim for $25 from an autoparts store (3M), as I knew I would have more to do in the future.

In case anyone is wondering I was successful using 3 m weatherstrip adhesive. I wiped down the groove in the head rest with some lacquer thinner first to get the old adhesive out. Worked very well.