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Well! today I done a job that I've been wanting to do for ages, replace the driver-side Black Door Pillar Finisher......

Pretty much easy really, took less than an hour to complete.

The Pillar finisher had started to rust, a few rust bubbles that has started to appear which simply looks horrid.



Went to my local Car Breakers to see if any 75's were sadly there, and YES! two of them with pretty much everything attached still, so off came the door pillar finisher off of a 2004 plate and you wont guest what the price was for this part???????? only £2.00 (the best £2.00 ever spent)......

Off home I went happily got home and started the job...... Now all I did at first was to gently lift t up the chrome door window strip that sits along the door at the beginning of the window, then gently lift back the plastic window surround that sits interior-side of the door around the window so I could pull back the rubber window surround strip. Once you pull back rubber strip back gently you can see the x3 screws that holds the Pillar Finisher in-place, x1 at the top, x1 in the middle and x1 at the bottom (you can pretty much hold the rubber strip back with your thump at each scew point while you un-screw each of the srews in-turn).



Gently pull the finisher up and out and at the same time prizing it away from the window rubber surround as it sits down in the door finisher quite tightly (needed to pull of the rubber surround at the top corner of the door so to lift out the door finisher easily).



When re-fitting the door finisher trim, Hold the trim in a up-right position and gently slide the trim down along the window rubber thats goes down into the door. At the same time gently push the window rubber into the channel along the door finisher, this can be done as you push the door finisher down into the door and push the door finisher in its position against the door frame.

Once the door finisher finds its seating position you can then re-fit the x3 screws, you have some slight movement to slide the door finisher up or down so to get a nice tight flush fit to the rubber window surround. NOTE! There is a lip on the door finisher thats got to fit along the edge of the door, it fits behind the door skin along the edge of the door against the inside ( I had this lip edge up against the door pillar, so causing the trim not to fit properly) silly me..... you got to make sure it sits around the doors edge......

Hi Dallas,
i would be heading back to the salvage yard and taking the other 3 sides of. for £2 a time its cheap enough.
regards
Billy

My thoughts exactly, thought the other x3 were alright.

Both the rear two look fine but not taken out as yet, the passenger one has small blemishes of rust but not as bad as the driver one was......

Has anybody else had this problem? ................... it looks like if you only have the small blemishes of rust, you pretty much can assume that behind will be very worst....

THE NEXT PHOTO IS QUITE SHOCKING

Once the part was out I was greeted with a very unsightly image of what I thought was a shocker........

Yes! RUST very bad rust.....

Totally did not expect to see that amount of rust, blooming ek! I muttered out loudly. I went straight round to the passenger side to take a look at that pillar (x4 small rust bubbles I saw again) so it looks like I will be replacing passengers side also.......

Once the new door pillar finisher was fitted......


It looked like this................

Yes, my V reg had the same problem. Les at SMC was selling the replacements quite cheap, but the driver door ones weren't available from him. Mine was a passenger front.

Has anyone got any pic's of chrome ones fitted?

Never seen chrome ones. Has anyone ever had any made?

I've been looking for the chrome ones for this past year but not found any at all.

Today I went back to the Car Breakers and got the other x3, so all four are like NEW (NOT A RUST SPOT TO BE SEEN) they were of a 2004 plate Paid another £6.00 so thats £8.00 for all x4 finishers and £1 to get in (£9.00 in total for nearly new condition), I'm a very happy chappy.

The only problem I had getting the other x3 off, was that all three windows were up on the car so could not get to the screws (the drivers one was already down so this was easy yesterday). Obviously No battery connected on the car and engine was missing plus wires everywhere so electrics would be shot. Ask fella what does he suggest and his words where .... SMASH THE WINDOWS

What a crime I thought! I'm about to smash x3 windows on what was a beautiful 75 out comes the hammer and I took a swing......... nothing! no smashed window, took another swing and what a thud of a noise but still the window did not smash. CRAZY I THOUGHT such a large heavy hammer but the window would not break, it took me FIVE attempts to smash it. The next window only took one swing as I was prepared this time and the last window took two swings, so what a real crime in smashing three windows on a motor......

..................... anyway! just got home and finished replacing the front passengers side and YES! it did need replacing as it was so so RUSTY just as the drivers side one was. Not done the rear two as yet, there is no signs of rust spots to be seen so they may not be too bad.

Dallas wrote:I've been looking for the chrome ones for this past year but not found any at all.

Today I went back to the Car Breakers and got the other x3, so all four are like NEW (NOT A RUST SPOT TO BE SEEN) they were of a 2004 plate Paid another £6.00 so thats £8.00 for all x4 finishers and £1 to get in (£9.00 in total for nearly new condition), I'm a very happy chappy.

The only problem I had getting the other x3 off, was that all three windows were up on the car so could not get to the screws (the drivers one was already down so this was easy yesterday). Obviously No battery connected on the car and engine was missing plus wires everywhere so electrics would be shot. Ask fella what does he suggest and his words where .... SMASH THE WINDOWS

What a crime I thought! I'm about to smash x3 windows on what was a beautiful 75 out comes the hammer and I took a swing......... nothing! no smashed window, took another swing and what a thud of a noise but still the window did not smash. CRAZY I THOUGHT such a large heavy hammer but the window would not break, it took me FIVE attempts to smash it. The next window only took one swing as I was prepared this time and the last window took two swings, so what a real crime in smashing three windows on a motor......

..................... anyway! just got home and finished replacing the front passengers side and YES! it did need replacing as it was so so RUSTY just as the drivers side one was. Not done the rear two as yet, there is no signs of rust spots to be seen so they may not be too bad.

I don't think you would make a great car theif mate

You got that right .................. its surprising how strong glass is on a vehicle.....

Your technique was the problem. (Ooh err missus)

Centre punch would have made it much easier. Either that or the cross pein side of the hammer, and use the corner.

Toughened glass is very tough, unless you have something pointy that penetrates the 'skin'. I once saw a demonstration with a mini side screen put on one inch blocks of wood at each end. The guy then stood and bounced on the glass and it bent so much it touched the floor in the middle!!

its realy easy to break any sort of car windows, use a sparkplug they will easyly break, lol anywayz by tuesday I will be getting my rover 75 1.8 my first rover. Has the same problem even worse because they are terrible both sides realy rotten badly with even holes on them, the prob is here are not that many rover so i guess my local scrapyard wont have any parts for me, anyone knows where to buy them cheap online? shipping for spain? thanks in advance

I replaced both my front ones a few months ago, tricky lil job but well worth doing.

I think the chrome ones off an old "E" type Merc will fit a rover 75 front door,I had a look at a couple in situ a few months ago when I did mine, and they looked about right to me. I didn't use the chrome ones though...
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