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Old 05-16-2008, 06:29 PM
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I am looking to fill in the holes on my nose from when I took off the crappy stock plastic piece. I was thinking of taking off the side moulding too. Are those held on by bolts or adhesive? I am going to fill it in with bondo afterwards if it's held on with bolts so i dont look ricey. I already did some tail panel work with bondo, so i know its gonna be a pain in the *** already.
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Side mouldings are held on with 2 sided tape. Are you talking about the holes the the crappy textured plastic grille mounts to? If so that is what I did but it's a little more involved then just using bondo to fill in the holes. Here's a pic of mine.


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So for the tape if I pour some heated water on it, would that loosen it up? Im thinking floss may do the trick once I get it a little loose

What did you do for your bumper holes? And ya, thats exactly what im talking about. I ripped that thing off the day I bought it. lol
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Just grab and yank the mouldings and clean the tape off. Well given that I do body work for a living, if I were a novice I would take it somewhere to do it.
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The mouldings pulled right off, but that double sided tape is killer. It's half off right now.
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Originally Posted by 1wkd6
The mouldings pulled right off, but that double sided tape is killer. It's half off right now.
Go to Autozone or any other parts store and get that stuff called "Goo Gone" or something similar, it helps clean off old adhesives from things like that.




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