LT1-LT4 Modifications 1993-97 Gen II Small Block V8

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Old 02-04-2009, 11:24 AM
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Default Simple firebird ?

to take off the side moldings do they pretty much just pull off or do u have to take off the door panels and undo bolts?
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The thin ones on the center of the door?? Those just pull off. They are held on with 2 sided tape. Its best to have a heat gun and heat them up really well to loosen the tape or you will be scrubbing all day to get whats left behind off. A stripe eraser on a drill works well for removing the sticky stuff left behind.
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thats wut i thought. thanks man
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Grab a hair dryer and heat it up. They come off a lot easier and safer. Took me about a hour to do both sides w/o messing the paint up.
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ya thats what i planned on doing. ill probably do it this weekend if the weathers decent and ill probably post pics since i never have
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It looks so much better w/o that garbage on..funny thing is, mine didn't match the color of my car. They were a different shade red. Come to find out they are made by a aftermarket Co. and not by GM. My friends were a diff color as well.
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hmm, interesting. ill have to really compare them when i get em off. dont think they'll be that different cuz i notice every little thing on my car. wonder y GM even decided to get em put on lol
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Originally Posted by Black93_Formula
hmm, interesting. ill have to really compare them when i get em off. dont think they'll be that different cuz i notice every little thing on my car. wonder y GM even decided to get em put on lol
Couldn't tell ya. I really didn't notice it until I looked real close under a fluorescent light. Im basing this off what a GM dealership told me FYI.
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i npulled mine off my formula they do look ten times better off
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Im assuming GM put them on there so idiots who sling there car door open in the parking lot will wreck the molding instead of your actual door. This was the first thing I took off of my 93 Trans Am because they make it look like an old lady's car. Also the first thing I took off my 86 Camaro.
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Im assuming GM put them on there so idiots who sling there car door open in the parking lot will wreck the molding instead of your actual door. This was the first thing I took off of my 93 Trans Am because they make it look like an old lady's car. Also the first thing I took off my 86 Camaro.
lol yea thats makes since now. id probably have to hurt someone if they door dinged my car and i saw it.
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Just park way out like I do if you have to drive it to some shitty store with shopping carts rolling around everywhere lol.
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I used to purposely bang my doors into things when they were on They worked great!




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