Another body question
 

Im probably starting to get annoying, but I keep thinking of things right as im about to go to bed. Ok, has anyone pulled the black plastic trim pieces off of their FC? By that I mean the black trim that runs along the door and the front and rear bumper. I think it is really ugly, and I don't have money to paint it right now. It looks like on some of MAriah's cars they just took it off, but I was wondering if anyone had done that and just left it, and whether or not it looked like shit. thanks.

I think that if you just rip them off, then yes they will look like shit.
If you really want them gone, then they have to be filled w/ some kind of body filler and painted.

The sides will look ok, I.E. Were the doors are,

But where the sidemarkers are, there is big holes there. Which sucks,

Oh yea, and you cant get rid of the moulding on the front and rear bumpers so it just looks retarded.

yeah I had a feeling I would get that answer. The thing is that one of those trim pieces is beginning to peel a little on the drivers side door, and I don't want to put more back on, I'd rather just rip the shit off or something because it is ugly as hell anyways. Do you know if a body shop could just paint that trim? Or even how much it might cost?

my bodyshop repainted my black rubber trim red.

I dont have pics yet, but I will soon.

they look very similar to the 89-91s, and i like the look a lot better.

This was when I got the whole thing repainted, so I dont think it would be feasable (sp?)for you.

heres a pic contrasting the trim off/on look.

they took that piece off because it was crooked, it must of fallen off and the previous owner did a crappy job of putting it back on.
https://www.rx7club.com/photo/data/5685MVC-011F-med.JPG

a crappy pic, but i think you get the idea
There are other pics of FCs with shaved moldings or simply them taken off totally. I dont like the shaved look (too slab-sided) but the trim-less indent looks pretty good.

Good luck!

Yea, mine was torn on the passenger side door. I pulled it off, and yes it looks like crap! I think it degrades the look alot. I'll get the body shop to put it back on when I get it painted.