There was 1 NOS trim ring on ebay last week, I dont think they guy knew what he had at first, it was a 69 ring in a 70 box,it started out with a biddng price of $30, I checked it early the next morning and he had a buy it now price of $90 with $10 shipping.

I was thinking about buying it but passed, a few mn later someone bought it. I want a set of 4 and trying to find them one at a time would take a very long time I think, so if I would of bought that one then would have to find 3 more.

There has been a set of 4 on ebay for over 3 months, he keeps relisting them every month, says they are Mint used, if you look hard enough you can see some scratchs, he wants $600 and $30 for shipping, for that price they should be perfect, thats in NOS price range.

The biggest issue I've seen with used trim rings is people using mallets to install them. They have dents all over the face. I've disassembled two of them and have been hammering out the dents, sanding them smooth, then polishing, looks pretty good so far.

I've been asked to post some photos and a description of the trim ring refurbishing so far.

1. Grind a "V" into a pair of Channellocks. This will leave a wedge to get under the pinch seam.
2. Pry open the pinch not quite to 90 degrees.
3. Pull the two halves apart.
4. With a 1/4" thick piece of steel clamped vertical in my vise, it served as the "dolly" for the normal hammer and dolly method to get the dents out of the face. Even a piece of wood or hard plastic would work. The flat surface can be worked pretty good but still won't be perfect unless you have a ton of experience.
5. At this point, a Dual Action sander was used with 80 grit paper, make sure you keep the pad flat with the flat face of the trim ring. This will give a flat surface all the way around. You might notice spots that aren't getting sanded, they are low and can be hammered out some more.
6. Switch to 180 grit, then 220 grit.
7. A regular sanding block with progressively finer paper is used to remove the previous sanding marks. Go until it can be polished with a normal cotton polishing wheel. Rouge will bring out the shine.
8. Metal polish like Wenol will make it pop.
9. For the brushed inner part, some are nice enough to use a coarse Scotch Brite by hand, others take a piece of 180 grit paper. Just follow the factory brushed pattern.
10. Assemble the two halves back together.
11. Hammer and dolly the pinch seam. A section of 2x4 in a vise will give a soft enough surface to just catch the edge of the trim ring to hammer it back together.
It's a lot of work but it really didn't cost me any money, it was stuff that was already laying around.
Photo #1 shows the modification to the Channellocks.

Photo #2.
The upper left is the back part of the trim ring that holds on to the wheel.
Lower left is what the trim ring looks like before all the dents are removed and prior to polishing.
Lower right is a trim ring with polising only. You can see the dents from where people used mallets to put them back on.
Upper right is one that was disassembled and reworked.

Photo #3.
After removing dents, then sanding with 80 grit.

Photo #4.
Trim ring on right has had dents removed, but no sanding or polishing.
Trim ring on left is mostly finished. Just a final polishing is left.

Check member EWJ for some NOS trim rings..I dont remember the size but I do know they are NOS..

Thanks Dave and 72n96rr