Mopar 14" trim rings from original re-worked tooling???

I would buy a set.
Barry

I could really use 2.

I just paid $200 for ONE...So I would gladly buy a set as well

I could use a set for 70 road wheels.

The 70-71 style would also be in good demand, all 14.00 trim ring applications used the same rings; B,E, & A body and the current reproduction is off by a country mile in the valve stem cut out area.

I would be interested but for what it is worth people are offering to refinish originals for $55 each.

Who does this and where are they located? I contacted about 2 dozen stainless steel resto shops two years ago when I was trying to get my original 69 trim rings done and no one would touch them. I ended up restoring them myself and bought a bunch of tools and restoration items through Eastwood and spend about 40-60 hrs on each (times 4) for my car. I still have a second set of them that still need to be restored and I would gladly pay $55 each to have them redone.

Any update on the 14" trim rings? I'd be interested in a set of brushed rings for a '73 Plymouth.

Has anyone tried to brush the finish on the polished ones? http://www.yearone.com/serverfiles/fbshopmain2.asp?cat=1

I could use two for a '69 GTX but would buy a set of four (4) without hesitation if they were O.E. correct......and if they were made in the USA or Canada it's a no brainer IMO


MikeR

I need a set for my 73 Challenger.

The rings are double walled. If there are dents, it makes it kind of hard to get in there to pound them out.

I might be interested at the right price.

I need a set of 4 for my A body ralleys.

I think the 14" brushed would sell well since they were used on a lot of years. A,B,C,E,F bodies.

yes but there is such a demand for the 1969 one year only trim ring also.

I now have 2 NOS sets for my two 1971 Dusters and I'm glad to have them, they weren't cheap by any means but I'd buy another set just for spares.

A quality/accurate reproduction or "continuation" from resurected dies would be a sure hit IMO. Anything would be better than the (incorrect) GM rings being pimped to Mopar owners.

I'm in for a set of brushed ones for my 72 demon

I could use a couple. I wonder how well the 15" rings sold after they were reissued? It seemed to take forever to get them out in the market, whether Mopar made a decent profit on them would have a major bearing on if they would ever consider reissuing the 14" rings IMO.

If Chrysler had been making a profit on the reissued 15" trim rings they would not have cancelled them, largely due in part to lack of sales.
That being said, I doubt they would venture into releasing the 14" ones.

I have 2 69' B bodys that could sure use nice new trim rings

and yeah.......why is there ALWAYS a wheel weight where the clip needs to be



About what kind of price range are we talking?

One pair of trim rings I bought are brushed with the polished outer face. The other set is brushed completely. Which would be correct for a '73 Plymouth Duster?

Anyone have an NOS set for sale? Let me know!! I don't think that you will ever see licenced repros.

There was an NOS set at the Mopar swap meet in Indy earlier in the month. $800 for the set.

Got Lucky this weekend and found a set of 2944424's still in the original boxes and packaging at the Portland Swap Meet. 1 package was still unopened. They were sitting on a table in the Pavillion with no other Mopar stuff around. The guy wanted $400 for the set. Even the paper they were wrapped in felt old. These were made 10/18/88. 23 years old..

Great looking rings too

I'm jealous.

Very nice looking trim rings. Shame they are the 1970 style that doesn't have the lip on the inner part or the 4 mounting clips. Someone has to make the correct 1969 trim ring eventually.

So I now need to ask.
What are these 03461222 - Trim Rings ?

what would these trim rings be for

back side

That style came out in 1970 and newer. They were used on the rallye and road wheels.

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