I've been very busy recently with work and life, and have not had a lot of time to get into the garage. I was able to steal a bit of time to work on an SX200 that has found its way onto the lift. It is a fantastic scooter, probably the best un-restored SX that I've seen. It spent most of its life in the dry desert of Arizona. That is great to stop rust... it is as dry as a mummy's tomb there. However, the heat and dryness does a number on any rubber bits. I'm replacing a lot of those things on this scooter. I started off with the legshield trim. It was hard and cracked. I started by removing the clips at the top and bottom of both sides. Surprisingly, the bottoms were easy to get off, but the tops were stuck. I had to pull out my very useful hand-impact driver to get them off. One even required a generous application of heat before the retaining screw would budge. Once I had the clips off, the trim came off easily.
It isn't too hard to get the new stuff on. I got really good quality repro trim and the rubber is very pliable. The only trick was hooking it around the groove in the legshield, and working slowly. I got the top on first, and locked it into place with the retaining clip so it wouldn't move. Then I worked my way down to the bottom of the legshield.
At the bottom, I had some extra length of trim to work with. I simply cut it to the correct size, and put the bottom retaining clip on. It looks much better than the perished trim that was on there before! Quite an easy job, I have to say. You just have to be patient and careful.