body moldings?
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body moldings? has anyone takin off the rubber body modling.. bump gard kinda things on the TA doors?? just curios what it looks like and what everyone thinks of the car without em on it?? thanx
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Re: body moldings? I'm thinking of doing the same thing.I already took off the Trans Am lettering off of the doors.It really cleans it up.I want to take the side body moldings off also.I'm hoping the paint under the molding is perfect and there are no imperfections under the moldings. <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />
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Re: body moldings? ok..what part are we talking about here..I guess I never noticed..i just looked at MONGOOS'S pic of his silver TA..then I looked at a side shot of mine..it looks the same to me ..what have you taken off?
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Re: body moldings? ok how does one go about removing these mouldings, and is any touch up required? cuz mine don't match, and it pisses me off....I want to get those damn things off, yours looks great!
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Re: body moldings? I took mine off about 3 weeks ago. I Love it. I just took a hair dryer and heated each strip for a few seconds, which made them easier to come off. The long piece on the door was more of a pain, cause the tape stayed on the door and I had to slowly roll it off with my thumb! Then just go over the new surface with WD40 or adhesive remover. (NOTE: wash area after use of WD40) No touch up should be needed. Good Luck
Re: body moldings? i pulled mine off, a little goo gone adheasive remover and a heat gun made the job easy. the paint underneath was just fine.
go here for pics http://photos.yahoo.com/richieg26
go here for pics http://photos.yahoo.com/richieg26
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Re: body moldings? I took mine off too. Looks nice and subtle. Most won't even notice, but I sure like the looks of it. My trim was kinda dull compared to the rest of the car, so it looks nice now. I still need to get some goo gone for one spot.
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Re: body moldings? This is mine with no side molding before bird of prey striping
<img src="http://toxic-ws6.ls1fun.com/images/no_molding_side_2.jpg" alt=" - " />
after striping
<img src="http://toxic-ws6.ls1fun.com/images/bird_of_prey_lakefront.jpg" alt=" - " />
<img src="http://toxic-ws6.ls1fun.com/images/no_molding_side_2.jpg" alt=" - " />
after striping
<img src="http://toxic-ws6.ls1fun.com/images/bird_of_prey_lakefront.jpg" alt=" - " />