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Did you have any problems when you removed the side moldings?

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Old 03-09-2006 | 09:27 AM
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lol nice. im still a bit nervous. my car sees a lot of sunlight. altho its only a 2000.
Old 03-09-2006 | 11:55 AM
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The problem I had was the fact that my car was re-sprayed by the previous owner and the shop didn't take off the moldings to do it. So I had some noticeable clear buildup.
Old 03-09-2006 | 02:32 PM
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Pulled mine off and everything was fine. Not bad for a 10 year old car I'd say.
Old 03-09-2006 | 04:28 PM
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yeah, i pulled mine off and some of my ******* clear coat came off with it !
Old 03-09-2006 | 05:29 PM
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i pulled my drivers side off a couple months ago, i think that was a bad idea in the middle of winter, the molding came off fine but it left the double sided tape, weird enough my cars quarterpanels had been repainted and i had no paint lines or anything. After what seemed like hours off rubbing and blisters on both thumbs i finally got that side off and it looks great, however i left the passenger side on until i can get a nice warm day to heat it up and make it easier to peel lol
Old 03-14-2006 | 04:38 AM
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Lets see some pics of a red camaro with the molding removed.
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Old 03-14-2006 | 05:16 AM
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The rear quarter on my TA had been recleared and left a small raised edge around where the molding was. It is very hard to see and gets better with polishing. Only problem I had.
Old 03-14-2006 | 10:58 AM
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Anyone got any pictures of trans ams with the side molding removed? I'm thinking about it but not too sure how it'll look.
Old 03-14-2006 | 12:37 PM
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Old 03-15-2006 | 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by freakynipples69
Anyone got any pictures of trans ams with the side molding removed? I'm thinking about it but not too sure how it'll look.
I have some pics in the writeup I did.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/appearance-detailing/452583-writeup-removing-side-molding.html
Old 03-15-2006 | 01:14 AM
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Wow, a lot had problems.
Old 03-15-2006 | 06:00 AM
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Had no problems, car is a 2000 with about 63K on it when I did the !moldings.

Best mod I've done
Old 03-15-2006 | 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by OneMeanZ
Had no problems, car is a 2000 with about 63K on it when I did the !moldings.

Best mod I've done
Did you have anything repainted?
Old 03-15-2006 | 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Trojan35
Did you have anything repainted?
Not that I'm aware of. Paint looks stock. Had the use the buffer to get the glue, etc. off of there. I just didn't feel like blistering up my thumbs
Old 03-15-2006 | 07:18 PM
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No problems here
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Old 03-16-2006 | 08:46 AM
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Idk. I can't decide if I like the look or not. Any black WS6's without the side molding that can post good pictures?
Old 04-08-2006 | 01:06 AM
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no problems at all, well worth it!
Old 04-08-2006 | 03:12 AM
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Dont worry about the discoloration. I did mine anout 8 months ago and mine has been out in the elements its whole life(Im a college student) and there was no discoloration.
Old 04-08-2006 | 06:26 AM
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No problems here, because it came that way from the factory. It's a good thing I ordered the 1SC package.
Old 04-13-2006 | 07:18 AM
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would using goo gone be bad for the paint?


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