Bye Bye Side molding

Brian2006 · 2006-01-11 23:57:17

Took a while to get the blood back in my thumbs http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/5852/img004154wg.jpg (http://imageshack.us) http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7991/img004255zg.jpg (http://imageshack.us) http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/346/img004351og.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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Jan 11, 2006 | 05:57 PM

Brian2006

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Bye Bye Side molding

Took a while to get the blood back in my thumbs

Jan 11, 2006 | 05:57 PM

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looks good

post a before pic

Jan 11, 2006 | 06:11 PM

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looks good

post a before pic

check sig or here's one:

Jan 11, 2006 | 06:16 PM

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yuppers !Side Molding is the best fast mod ever!

Jan 11, 2006 | 06:20 PM

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yes since my thumbs still hurt from doing your damn car brian lol.

Jan 11, 2006 | 06:31 PM

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i just did it to mine to best free mod ever

Jan 11, 2006 | 07:10 PM

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Did it soon after I got the car

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Jan 11, 2006 | 07:27 PM

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yes since my thumbs still hurt from doing your damn car brian lol.

Yep, my right thumb was blue and purple for about 2 days after I did mine

Hey Brian, do you have BMR springs on your car?, the stance is identical to mine

Jan 11, 2006 | 07:31 PM

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looks sweet. i'm doing the same to my car in the spring when she comes outta storage (aka gets dug out of snowpile in my driveway

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Jan 11, 2006 | 08:04 PM

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Yep, my right thumb was blue and purple for about 2 days after I did mine

yeah but 2 days ago I got rid of the side molding on my trans am, then yesterday I helped him do his as well!!! my thumbs hurt like hell after that

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Hey Brian, do you have BMR springs on your car?, the stance is identical to mine

No he has eibach pro kit on his car

Jan 11, 2006 | 08:08 PM

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Looks much better.

Gluemaker, you basically just rip them off, then start peeling the glue off.

Jan 11, 2006 | 08:11 PM

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Looks very clean on the camaro. I for some reason like it on the TA, im leaving mine on, seems to give it more lines and edgier look. Looks very clean on the camaro however! good job!

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Jan 11, 2006 | 08:37 PM

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fine ride...i like the rims

but im biased..looks so much better w/o the molding ...wish i could do it to mine

(damn overspray)

Jan 11, 2006 | 08:38 PM

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one of the best exterior things you can do on a T/A also!

Looks good!

Jan 11, 2006 | 09:38 PM

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car looks awesome man and now it is even better without those mouldings, great job

Jan 11, 2006 | 10:23 PM

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too bad mine has to be parked in college parking lots 8 months out of the year...as soon as i graduate off they go!!

Jan 11, 2006 | 10:50 PM

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dont any of you worry its going to tear off the clear coat or be discolored? im dying to take mine off but i dont want it to looke like @$$. is there anyway to tell if its going to be a safe mod or not?

Jan 11, 2006 | 11:14 PM

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Mines a 98 and i took off the moulding about a month ago and looks great.

Jan 12, 2006 | 12:12 AM

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nah man when you rip the molding off, generally all the 3m tape holding it on is still stuck to the car, so then you proceed to slowly roll it off with your thumbs or fingers, thats why you always see ppl saying that thier thumbs hurt like hell afterward