removing molding without f'in up paint?
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removing molding without f'in up paint?
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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!
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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.
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