GazP Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 My wife drove her 2008 Focus Titanium home from work today, and noticed the chrome tailgate trim, holding the reg plate lamps, was hanging off the back of the car. I looked behind the trim and there appears to be some clips with blobs of glue on them. Is this the correct fixing or possibly a repair from a previous owner (the car is secondhand)? I have used trusty duct tape to hold in position for now, until I find out the correct way of fixing the trim back in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazP Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 Anyone help with this? As I can't get to a dealer at the moment, thought I'd ask on here. Is the trim held on with clips (if so, which ones?) or by the glue that I found behind the trim? If it makes any difference, it's a hatchback and not an estate. At the moment the trim is hanging by the wires and held in place with duct tape. Don't want it falling off as she's driving along! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F0CUE Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Do you mean the number plate lights? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty... Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Hi Gazp I have recently bought a focus with a loose tailgate trim,my plan is that if it's not needed to be removed to access something else at any likely point I will try 'Sikaflex 221' around £10 a tube Hope this helps Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazP Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 On 2/3/2021 at 8:45 PM, F0CUE said: Do you mean the number plate lights? Yes, they are fitted in the bottom of the chrome strip on the tailgate. It's the chrome strip that has started to fall off. There are clips behind it, but they don't all appear to be there and those that are have what looks like old blobs of glue on them. Would like to replace any missing clips rather than glue the trim back in place, just in case we need access to the wiring in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazP Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 On 2/3/2021 at 8:46 PM, Marty... said: Hi Gazp I have recently bought a focus with a loose tailgate trim,my plan is that if it's not needed to be removed to access something else at any likely point I will try 'Sikaflex 221' around £10 a tube Hope this helps Marty Thanks Marty. It looks like the cars previous owner may have glued the trim back on at some point, and now the glue has failed. There's not much left behind the trim to put glue on, so the proper fixing looks the way to go. Other than that it could be a trip to the breakers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty... Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Hi GazP thanks for the info 👍 not had a chance to look at mine properly yet but from what you say access is needed so the sikaflex is not the way. Good luck with it 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazP Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Bumping this thread up again; can anyone answer this please? Got an MOT coming up soon and really want to try and get this fixed beforehand. Don't want to give any excuses for a fail!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Can't see any reason for it to fail MOT as long as the plate lights are not obscured by the tape. It was originally held on by the plastic clips and some foam adhesive tape...once the clips are broken that's it I'm afraid, it needs replacing as you'll never glue the clips back on effectively. If you keep an eye out while driving or waling you'll probably start to notice a few of them broken on Mk2.5 Focus's. Especially the chrome ones as they weren't all that common so very few in breakers yards, and cost more expensive to replace than the body coloured ones. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazP Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Thanks Tom, couldn't make out what was original and what was bodged repair. Was just concerned the whole trim might fall off prior to the MOT, that's all. Wet weather has already got behind the tape and trim is hanging off again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 12 hours ago, GazP said: Thanks Tom, couldn't make out what was original and what was bodged repair. Was just concerned the whole trim might fall off prior to the MOT, that's all. Wet weather has already got behind the tape and trim is hanging off again. Fair point. Maybe it's worth adding some fresh tape before the MOT, just to make sure it can't drop off on the test. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazP Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 15 minutes ago, TomsFocus said: Fair point. Maybe it's worth adding some fresh tape before the MOT, just to make sure it can't drop off on the test. Will do, thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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