are appropriately turned on the threaded shanks to draw the decorator head portion in an installed position to fully cover the depression 48 and the tear seam 34 when the applique is being installed the shoulders of the camming plug spread the retention flanges 44 outwardly and from one another as shown in fig2 this releasably traps the skin 26 at the tear seam between the spread apart flanges and the head of the applique on air bag deployment the substrate 30 is physically contacted by the air bag and the air bag door 18 will be defined and readily swing open to an outer position the outer skin of the door parts along a predetermined line preferably initiated from the tear seam 34 the vinyl skin further tears along side edges generally corresponding to the sides 57 of the door substrate 30 the skin of the door remains attached to the foam layer that in turn remains secured to the door substrate the door 18 accordingly swings from the fixed applique to provide the passageway for improved deployment of the air bag as shown in the embodiment of fig7 and 7a the skin 66 comparable to the skin of the first embodiment is directly formed onto or otherwise secured to the retainer portion 68 of the instrument panel 70 an elongated air bag tear seam 72 is cut or otherwise made through the skin and aligned with an elongated opening 73 in the retainer portion 68 of panel 70 the applique 74 is substantially the same as the applique of the first described embodiment in this embodiment.