gilmore03

Well this is going to sound rediculously dumb..

Ok well im taking off all my black trim and redoing it all cause all the black is chipped off..well i got the trim on all 4 side of the winshield off, but the black straight trim above the door will not come off, ive been prying and everything but its starting to bend a little, is there any trick to getting this off??? sorry if im taking up bandwidth for retarted questions

John64

You mean the drip edge?

MattG

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Yes I think he is talking about the drip rail molding above the doors. They sell replacement ones, so there has to be a way to get them off I just dont know how.

leknaw69

iTrader: (30)

Pop them off. Make sure and eat some weathies first.

gilmore03

haha yea thats what im taling about lol...anyone know how to get those off?

web777

I don't know how to get those off either. I was thinking of masking my whole car just to repaint those.

trochoid

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I suggest leaving them on and refurbishing them in place. The 2 drip rail trimmers are the only parts missing on my widebody. The ones I took off no longer fit, nor will they stay in place, and yes, I am careful about removal. The pieces distort/twist easily and there are little plactic clips inside that may not be availible.

Had I known they would be such a pit to reinstall, I would have left them in place or shaved them.

gilmore03

well what im doing is stripping the paint off and then polishing it , because thats chrome underneath.

Brismo7

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be like me:







~Steve

web777

You might not want to mask your roof.

autopaul

well it isnt chrome underniethi can tell you that,
it is aluminum though which does look quite allot like chome when polished,
cool idea, ill show you guys what ive done once its finished, i dont think youd get the right idea if i just explained...

-Paul

trochoid

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It's not chrome or aluminum, it's stainless steel. If your just polishing it out, leave the drip rail covers in place and protect the surrounding area.

Dan_s_young

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ummm I have taken mine out... its pretty easy, you just sit in the car, use a blade screwdriver and lightly pry the sucker out, it pops right out....

Stevan

iTrader: (17)

And back on ?

Dan_s_young

iTrader: (1)

I was able to put it back on by having the door open, sitting on the seat, and snapping part of the piece in at a time... It takes a little bit of patience, but its pretty easy to do.... I just worked it on little bit by little bit with my fingers, and for the surround around the windshield, you can get a kit from Victoria british to replace all the brital plastic clips that break when you take off the trim. Everything went back together pretty easily, just with reassembaly take your time, its really straight forward...

Eriks85Rx7

To get the paint off on moldings that go around the window etc just use paint stripper i did it my gsl. Look at the pic in my sig and u can the "chrome" look around the windows.