is it possible to remove the side molding and make it look perfect without screwing up the paint? if anyone did it please tell me how and pics would be excellent
thanks

 

interesting i want to remove the molds off to.... I think it looks tacky with it on

 

paint color would be different shade under the mouldings anyway, it's never been exposed to UV, so even if you figure a way to get em off without scratching and get the adhesive removed too, you'd end up with a moulding stripe.

 

ohhhh yaaa i never thought of that, well screw it then lol its getting some body work and new paint this summer so ill just wait
thanks

 

i havent had a problem with the paint coming off, as long as its original paint. if the car's been painted, the new paint will come off...

that being said the hardest mouldings to take off are the big door ones and the short quarter panel ones, the mid length ones arent too bad

 

If you wait long enough, they sometimes fall off on their own.

Gasoline has been known to loosen the adhesive, too. Generally by accident.

 

ya lol my molding strip under the gas tank is almost off on its own lol

 

you can take the moldings off with no problems...and use rubbing compound to take the excess left over glue or what ever that is still attached and stuck to the body with some good old elboy grease...

When i took the moldings off my car, i used one of my side marker len's and jus scraped off all the gunk and glue, then after waxed it, and the car looked flawless...

no paint chips... NO UV bull **** or what ever was getting yapped about up there lol..everything was good...to each there own...

take the mold off, wax it up and your good

 

might give it a try one of these boring days

 

Hmmm.......... Well, I'm sure your right and the paint companies are wrong. They probably spend millions on R&D to combat UV because they have nothing better to do than to waste thier time and money. I mean, I can't even imagine why a painted surface that has been exposed to 20 plus years of the acidic rainwater, road grime, sunlight, cleaners and chemicals etc. would look any different than one that was covered and sealed for that same period. It was obviously ignorant of me to "yap" about it, just because I've personally re-painted several old cars for that very reason is no excuse for me to warn others. I'm sure your vast experience is more than mine. Besides, if everyone elses paint doesn't come out as "flawless" as yours, no bother to you right? I'll bow out of this and leave the recomendations to "experts" like you. Good Luck.

 

I have used a heat gun and fishing line to remove molding on my other cars. There will be some flue left over and goof off will take care of it without messing up the paint. but like other people said the pain under the molding may be a different color as in brighter because of not being exposed to the weather. On the cars I have done it to I must say i think it looks a lot better!

 

Maybe I've just haven't seen it yet, but most of the 7's I see that have the moldings removed still have the grooves above the molding. If I were to do this I would fill those grooves in with fiberglass and make it a totally smooth surface before painting. I'm sure people have done it, but I haven't seen it yet. Just my 2 cents.

Mike