Front quarter panel molding

[dredgeguy]

I had a self induced mess up over the weekend cutting the angle a little too sharp and touched the garage door opening. Lucky no body damage other than breaking the 3-1/2" trim piece at the front of the rear quarter panel. Ecklers sells this and shows it fits our cars but other sites show it for all C4's except ZR-1. Anybody know if the normal C4 piece is the same as ours?
Thanks

[Paul Workman]

Too many "Rusty Nails", eh? :o Or, mebby I have!

I'm having a little trouble envisioning zackly what 3-1/2" piece you're referring to... Are you talking about the little piece of BELT trim between the door and the forward side of the wheel well? :icon_scra A picture might help.

[dredgeguy]

Lost paint on the leading edge of the tire opening about 2" but the trim piece took the hit

[dredgeguy]

Too many "Rusty Nails", eh? :o Or, mebby I have!

I'm having a little trouble envisioning zackly what 3-1/2" piece you're referring to... Are you talking about the little piece of BELT trim between the door and the forward side of the wheel well? :icon_scra A picture might help.

Paul, good thing Rusty Nails were not involved or I would have brought down the whole garage and not just tapped the opening!

[WVZR-1]

I believe Phil did something with these dog-leg moldings for '91+ cars.. A molding or just a retainer enhancement I don't recall but he should be along I'd think later.

I actually believe I may have a RH dog-leg molding for a '91+

I'll look later.

They are very different.

[dredgeguy]

I just spoke to the parts department at my local Chevy dealer and they said the regular C4 has part number 10146490 and the ZR-1 has part number 10135980. You also need the 2 nuts 11516066 but hopefully I can reuse the ones on the car. If anybody has suggestions, let me know.
Thanks

[secondchance]

I just spoke to the parts department at my local Chevy dealer and they said the regular C4 has part number 10146490 and the ZR-1 has part number 10135980. You also need the 2 nuts 11516066 but hopefully I can reuse the ones on the car. If anybody has suggestions, let me know.
Thanks

Charlie,

As you have discovered, that trim piece is ZR-1 specific. I know Phil had one by creating a mold but not sure which side or both sides.
Talk to Phil. Also, if you have saved the broken piece, I may be able to remove left over piece from the car, JB weld broken piece, sand and refinish. Do you have both pieces?

[dredgeguy]

I have both pieces.

[Jagdpanzer]

Charlie,
Sorry about the bad luck. I went through the same quarter molding scavenger hunt a while back and came up with zilch. In my case I needed the drivers side which got caught on my trousers belt while existing the car. Thanks to Dave Johnson I now have a good doner from the passenger side to pull a mold from which I have been meaning to do anyway. Give me a few days and I'll have one ready for you.

[dredgeguy]

Thanks Phil and Yun,
My wife would like to move back to New England in a few years but no way am I leaving Wazoo land! Thanks so much. Heading to West Africa on Saturday for 10 days and back on the 26 so no rush. I think we are going to have a WMD on the 29th or 30th and I will make a batch of BBQ pulled pork. See you soon.

[secondchance]

Charlie,
Sorry about the bad luck. I went through the same quarter molding scavenger hunt a while back and came up with zilch. In my case I needed the drivers side which got caught on my trousers belt while existing the car. Thanks to Dave Johnson I now have a good doner from the passenger side to pull a mold from which I have been meaning to do anyway. Give me a few days and I'll have one ready for you.

Phil,

When you make the piece hand it over to me at C&C. I will chase down a can of correct spray paint and have it finished for the next WAZOO. I will switch it out with the damaged one. Then, I can repair the damaged one, refinish and send back to Charlie.

[Z51JEFF]

The Z part is maybe 1/2 shorter than the non Z part but worst case scenario one can be sectioned and made to work. I'd be curious to know if one can be 3D printed.

[ZR1North]

Charlie,
Sorry about the bad luck. I went through the same quarter molding scavenger hunt a while back and came up with zilch. In my case I needed the drivers side which got caught on my trousers belt while existing the car. Thanks to Dave Johnson I now have a good doner from the passenger side to pull a mold from which I have been meaning to do anyway. Give me a few days and I'll have one ready for you.


I thought I was the only one that could possibly do that, Yun; I did exactly the same thing on the passenger side. I bought the regular C4 set and custom fit it, but the glue I used to put the tail piece on did not hold up, and I lost it somewhere during the Gathering this year. If someone is making replacements, I'd gladly buy a set at Carlisle next month.


Bob

[DallasZR-1]

I had this same problem about a year ago. I had 0 luck trying to find that piece. What I ended up doing was attaching a normal C4 moulding piece with just one of the two bolts. The holes are spaced differently on the C4 and the ZR1 specific pieces. It's held just fine and I don't think the difference is noticeable.

I posted a picture of the result in the thread.

http://www.zr1.net/forum/showthread.php?t=26895