Does anyone know just how the trim strips on the roof are held in place, these are the ones that are located each side of the car just above the doors, in the gutter? Are these just a simple press fit or are the glued into place? I'm looking to replace one that a car wash recently yanked out and the operators have only offered my 50% of the dealers price to supply and fit a new replacement. they are claiming that they cannot be certain that the trim wasn't already hanging off prior to going through wash. The wash is an attended one where at 2 or sometimes 3 people walk round the car with soapy brooms and scrub the panels with them and also apply high pressure jet washer to bad spots prior to entering the drive through section. I would have thought that if the trip was sticking up before going into the washer, that someone would have spotted it and pointed it out to me.
Had it been one of the older style machines where you drove into the wash and then it started with no attendants what's so ever, I'd say fair enough, down to me but surely not when they do the prewash by hand, they should accept liability for the damage in full?