broken plastic trim tabs
 

So I just picked up my first project car ('94 EG Civic CX) and I am beyond stoked to start learning how to wrench!! While I wait on some parts I ordered to arrive I decided to try and tackle a deep clean on the interior. I noticed that one of the previous owners manhandled a lot of the trim pieces breaking all of the tabs that would normally plug nicely into the body. I attached a picture of one the trim pieces and circled it as I am unable to find anything in my online searches thus far. I was hoping that someone would have some insight for the best way to fix these or send me in the right direction to replace them.
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Re: broken plastic trim tabs
 

That piece is attached to the carpet so Honda would most likely have that as the carpet.

Now are the tabs broken off or just missing the metal clips? The tabs are actually under the flat part that sits in the door sill and the part you circled is attached to white plastic strip that is stapled to the carpet.

Re: broken plastic trim tabs
 

Pretty much looks like this on both sides of the car.
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Re: broken plastic trim tabs
 

The part number for the side garnish trim is in the photo. There are different color trim pieces, which will include a letter at the end of the part number. Online Honda dealer sites show the full part numbers under Floor Mat for your Civic.

Those pieces are discontinued; so, probably have to try to get them used.


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Re: broken plastic trim tabs
 

Okay, thank you for the heads up on how to track them down. This helps loads! Are there any online resources I would have better luck finding them or do you think eBay/junkyard is my best route?

Re: broken plastic trim tabs
 

If some of the plastic are still stuck in the metal clips see if you can try to take them out.

Re: broken plastic trim tabs
 

ebay/junkyard/facebook/part-outs is your only option really. But also look for coupes, they have the same plastic sill pieces and share a lot of other pieces too.

Re: broken plastic trim tabs
 

JB weld makes a plastic weld, I haven't tried it on our trim plastics yet but if the tabs are in the door sill like Tony mentioned. If you find the right glue, you can glue the tabs into place and it will be good as new.

The hard part is finding the right glue. A body person may know what glues work well with the automotive plastics. I think the bumper cover is made from the same plastic.

Re: broken plastic trim tabs
 

Okay, thank you all for your responses so quickly today! It helps to know that this is a helpful community and I can continue my journey here. As far as my progress today goes: after work I started right at it gutting the car out and to my surprise, only those two pieces as mentioned earlier had broken tabs! I will be likely going in the direction of hopefully finding replacement pieces from eBay/craigslist/junkyard options as I am new to working on project cars and don't know about pushing my luck fabricating anything at this point. The previous owner decided to mix and match trim colors throughout so I will either have to paint or match anyways. Another issue that I noticed and have to correct is the floor pan. Does anyone here have experience with what the best option for this is? Should I just replace the floor pan or more. From underneath the rest of the car looks just fine at the moment. Thank again all in advance!!
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