windshield trim alternative, anyone tried this idea? Options

[larryM]

toying with an idea - looking for an unobtrusive flexy trim to surround the 914 windshield - found these

anyone tried this?

Flexline Windshield Auto Glass Universal Molding (on ebay)
and this
FlexiTrim http://www.creativeextruded.com/flexitrim.php

looking for a TEMPORARY way to make my black car's front view more blended with my new glass - more like modern muscle cars (maybe more sinister?)

like this -

comparison pics below

(my car was originally done in all black trim in Germany - it was a "period" euro thing for 914-6s to distinguish them from 4's) (i un-did that back in the early '80s)

it's not a $$ issue - i have 2 nice sets of oem bright alu trim, and have NO interest in painting 'em black

( i might decide i don't like the "dark look" - and of course - it's a originality-value proposition for a future buyer)


current bright trim look:


no-trim "dark look" new glass, no trim in place

[theer]

Reviving an old thread to ask how this worked.

I tried to put my aluminum trim on and snapped four of the brand new plastics clips in a row before I gave up. Windshield is in, so just trying to fill in the gap. Other trim has been painted dark gray, so not worried about matching.

@larryM

Also, were you able to buy this in smaller than a 100 foot roll?

Thanks!
Tom

[larryM]

i gave up on it cuz it would not mold nicely around the curves

- i had to buy a big roll, but was able to get part refund from seller - so it was not too costly an experiment

- since i had 2 sets of oem brite trim, i had then planned to just paint one set black to get "the look"
(of course, as y'all are aware if you then change your mind again you may destroy the plastic clips when removing the alu trim, so it is not a decision made lightly)

(all black, no chrome, actually was how my GT was done in Germany circa 1972 - i threw all (almost all) that black trim away when i did the full-strip & repaint circa 1981 )

then, while i was still pondering the issue I actually showed the car at PCA Concours with no trim (which mightily upset one judge, costing me only a point - but it still placed 1st!)

THEN - i sold the car - the buyer wanted the brite alu trim, so i put that back on

i still have one a very nice set of alu windhield trim with some extras FS (bulky to ship) (picture) - ( i sold the new spare W/S a few months ago)

fwiw i had put in all new plastic trim clips when i again replaced the windshield earlier in 2017


p.s. - before ya ask - those wheels were VERY SPECIAL 7x15 very light steel - met the FIA homologation 7x15 spec for our GT's - about half the wt of any stock steel rim - Dworazik got 'em out of Porsche Werks 1 inventory in '72 - (unfortunately i left 'em behind in a move, circa mid '90s )

Reviving an old thread to ask how this worked.

Also, were you able to buy this in smaller than a 100 foot roll?
Tom