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Old Apr 8, 2013 | 09:15 AM
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I love my gas caps but have a little problem. I put a little too much fuel in the other day and it loosened up the adhesive on the trim ring.

So I was wondering if if anyone can help me with find an adhesive that I can use to reapply the trim ring.
 
Old Apr 8, 2013 | 10:44 AM
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Mine fell off also. I just used a little Gorilla Glue so that it doesn't happen again. Now of course if I ever want to remove it to change it or something, I'll probably mangle the **** out of it. Oh well, guess it will stay on there!
 
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I would was thinking that there is a 3M product use to add molding, emblems, etc would be best to use. Do I need to get this at a Lowes or body shop?
 
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I would was thinking that there is a 3M product use to add molding, emblems, etc would be best to use. Do I need to get this at a Lowes or body shop?
Most large retail auto parts stores sell the auto-grade double stick tape.
 
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Even Walmart sometimes has good 3M auto body tape. I bought some there to fix a piece of molding for my car and it's held up for months down.
 
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2 part epoxy is fuel proof
 
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I got rid of my flush caps a while back because the gas cap would not stay together. It's not a high quality part or at least the version I had wasn't
 
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