I just installed these.  Use a rubber mallet and tap them on, lining up
tight at the top first.  They have adhesive in them.  You could try painting
them silver before you installed them if you want, but I doubt it would look
good.  All that OEM plastic silver trim looks bad after 20 years or so
anyway!

Stuart
'85 Westy, yellowed silver trim all gone.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jim Felder
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 3:15 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Front rain gutter trip strip question

I recently received a set of replacement rain gutters (the ones for the
A-pillar) from bus depot. The trim on my vanagon is silver, the replacements
came only in black (van is ivory).

Two questions: do drivers normally paint these these silver (on older
models), leave them black or paint them the car color? And do they press or
knock on, or should they be glued, and if so, with what?

Thanks,

Jim