Trim – How to repair the Nissan Figaro Trim using a Self Adhesive Seal Strip Video

Club founder Kevin has a go at repairing the Nissan Figaro rubber seal that runs around the car. The stainless-steel strips enhance the appearance of the body shape along the length of both sides. These strips are finished with rubber seals/gaskets to not only protect the bodywork from damage from the hard stainless steel, but also as a finisher of the strips.

Over time the rubber hardens and cracks or crumbles off which looks unsightly. The Figaro Shop have created a self-adhesive rubber seal with the same profile which can be applied to the trim. You will need to remove the trim from the car and cut off the existing trim. Kevin shows you how to do this, along with applying the new seal and reinstalling the trim.

NOTE REGARDING POSSIBLE SHRINKING IN HEAT AFTER INSTALLATION

After over 1,000m so far of this, we have not personally seen any issue with shrinking but a simple solution would be to apply some double-sided tape (tape only, not the foam-backed variants) on the other side of the seal before fitting it to the body of the vehicle. Once the chrome is clipped down to the body, it should squeeze the rubber seal between the chrome and body keeping it firmly in place. We have fitted and sold countless kits with great results so I would say that it could be that the clips holding the chrome are not secure enough…but every car does differ so the double-sided tape solution would work really well. Maz Christofi, Parts Manager, The Figaro Shop

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