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Nov 24, 2009 | 05:47 PM

Zerokube

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Side Molding! done

After i saw some pics of this i figured id try it on my 98 white ws6, Was meh kinda easy. has to do a little wetsanding but got it done, after these pics i washed and did a good waxing on the whole car.

Before and yes very dirty car:

first part off:

got the sticky off and used some bug and tar remover:

Far away and just did wetsanding:

and a close up of it finished before the wax and whatnot:

Nov 24, 2009 | 05:57 PM

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Looks good, I recently did this on my Formula. I'm glad I did.

Nov 24, 2009 | 06:05 PM

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Did it on my red one, got real lucky, didn't mess up the clear coat, and took very little cleaning and no sanding. I'm planning to do the same before my "new" one goes to paint. A bit risky on protection, but it really cleans up the look.

Nov 24, 2009 | 06:05 PM

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mucho better! I did this years ago on my black firehawk.

Nov 24, 2009 | 07:27 PM

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I pulled the molding and emblems off of my t/a. I love it.

Nov 24, 2009 | 07:47 PM

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what grit did you use?

Nov 24, 2009 | 09:22 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by integraxtc

what grit did you use?

you dont need to use any sand paper.
just take blow dryer and heat up the glue under the moldings that peel them off. than take goo gone or bug/tar remover and clean off the glue left overs

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Nov 24, 2009 | 10:17 PM

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One of the best mods I Ever did to my car.

Nov 24, 2009 | 11:26 PM

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Wow, that's a huge difference. Looks great!

Nov 25, 2009 | 02:49 AM

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looks good, one of the 1st things I did to my car..

Nov 25, 2009 | 09:30 AM

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Looks good, ...,

Now do the emblems too!

Nov 25, 2009 | 10:36 AM

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what grit did you use?

yea im curious about this too.

Nov 25, 2009 | 02:11 PM

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thanks guys. i used a 2000 grit wetordry, was actually easy and i didnt take much of the clearcoat off, surprised that my paint is still the original and its beautiful for being a 98. heres 2 pics i took after i took her out after the wash n waxing

Nov 25, 2009 | 08:40 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by 97Lt1TA

you dont need to use any sand paper.
just take blow dryer and heat up the glue under the moldings that peel them off. than take goo gone or bug/tar remover and clean off the glue left overs

right, but he said he wet sanded it after taking it off.

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Zerokube

thanks for letting me know the grit.