Fuel Fill Trim Ring

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Fuel Fill Trim Ring

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My Cherokee is all disassembled and for paint and body. In pulling of the trims and rubber I got thinking about the fuel trim ring. Anybody do anything different here or find something that they liked in lieu of the original thin plastic ring?
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Re: Fuel Fill Trim Ring

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That plastic ring was only used on I think 80+. Older Waggy/Cherokees did not have a trim ring.
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I welded the metal cup to the fender and got rid of the plastic piece.
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Re: Fuel Fill Trim Ring

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So, I've got beautiful paint- I'll show it when everything gets put back together. I could not put that plastic POS trim ring back on. This is what i came up with.

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heres how it fits against the body

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Last edited by ArchitectJS on Wed Oct 12, 2022 7:12 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Fuel Fill Trim Ring

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Much better but how are you going to remember not to use leaded fuel?
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Re: Fuel Fill Trim Ring

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scrumptious, any other choices such as locking cap or quick release cap for those of us ready to do a little welding... A few years ago somebody retrofitted a quick release off a ferd e$cort or close to that
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Re: Fuel Fill Trim Ring

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Shiny! That looks so much better than the plastic!
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