Club Triumph

My paintshopboys reattached the rear beading in such a hilariously bad way that I just looked at it and laughed. Now to fix it.
Is there any alternative to loosening the two panels, refixing and then tightening them up? Could I just clip off the excess or is that just going to look rubbish?
be brutal.
Car has just had amazing paintjob so I am very nervous indeed about doing this myself with the panels and damaging them in any way...

The wing beading is pre-formed so I am not I understand how they managed that unless the beading was too long from the start. What does the other end look like? does it 'under-hang'? If you just cut it off I think you might have problems getting the same rounded finish that is now there.

I would try to slacken off the wings and slide the beading on the tabs. As it is all very new it should be quite easy. You might find one or other of the tabs jams and you will have to move the tab in the beading rather than moving the beading over the tab. You could also just release all the tabs and move everything. This is presuming they have not riveted the tabs to the wing or body.


You should be finished in an hour or 2 which is better than being annoyed everytime you see it for the next 20 or 30 years  

AndyF

ANDY - thanks! I will do as you suggest and slacken off wings. I can now see they managed to forget to install the small stone guards as well so I will do that at the same time!
best and thanks

Not very easy to tell from the photo's but it looks like the rear wing beading is fitted upside down

Quoted from tr4tom

Not very easy to tell from the photo's but it looks like the rear wing beading is fitted upside down

Quoted from AndyF

do you mean the bit under the lights?

How can you tell, I thought the pieces are the same at both ends?

AndyF