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Originally Posted by shadowcoder
I slammed my fist over the trim where the 3 clips were and they snapped in.
The 4th one was having none of that so on that I pressed my palm above it
on top of the trim and I almost had to put all my weight before it snapped in.
I tell you this, I had lost my patience after 20 mins of trying to get it in the
right way.
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I'm glad your method works for you. You sure had more patience than I did. I give up forcing it in after 15 minutes.
I didn't try to force it down any more after looking at the clip width and the width of rails on the trim. They were the same width. IOW, the rails were directly above the clips. I tried flaring out one of the rails so that it go over the clip easier but stopped when I saw signs of stress whitening on the plastic.
I think in the process of forcing it down, I have flattened some of the square bump stops to prevent the clip from sliding back and forth once it's in place. It's not bad. There's enough friction so I'll just leave it be for now. I'm just glad I got it all back together with little or no damage. If it comes off again, I'll get all four new clips and a kick plate trim altogether.