NASCAR racer window 'trim'

[fiatboy]

Do NASCAR racing cars have window trim, and is it chrome or maybe black?  I think Ferraris, etc., use black window trim.  Thanks.

[dwc43]

Depends on the year you are talking about. 90's and up, no window trim. They have a black out tape strip around the glass. It does several things. It blocks out sun, looks good, but most of all it helps to keep the Lexan windows from cracking around the edges when it's under stress. It's held down by metal brackets screwed into the sheet metal and some are screwed into the glass as well. They come in different shapes from triangle to rectangle to inside braces as well.

 

Now the 80's and older cars have factory chrome trim and from the 60's to the 80's you'll find some to all of them have the same kind of screw in tabs that I mentioned above. I guess there was no one was to do it rule other than the windows had to be secure until the 90's when everyone pretty much used the same thing. Hope that helps.