side strips

kaan_kaant · newbie Joined: 31 Dec 2001 Posts: 6

how easy is it to remove those rubber strips from the side of the car?

TG 1985 · backyard mechanic Joined: 08 Jan 2002 Posts: 550

when i was gettin my car painted, i left them on, coz i kept the same color, i took of the back 2, and it was a bitch 2 take them off, and get all the shit of the back of them, and the body. if ure not painting the car, don't bother take them off coz u'll make a mess of it, but just take off the back ones, and c how u go, if u can't be fukt wit the rest (like me), just tape em up and spray ova the top of em., u can't tell anyway, even if u try go up 2 it and look. the car looks bettta without the strips, but u go 2 the shops, some fagget opens his door, and there go's ure nice paint. i just left the fuckers on.

chris.

Ful51k · rice boy Joined: 22 Oct 2001 Posts: 28

On my TG, all it took was my fingers under the strip and they came off easy. The problem though was on most of the doors it pulled off some paint and reveiled some rust.

Racegem · backyard mechanic Joined: 30 Jan 2002 Posts: 987

Depends on how long they've been there. If they're still factory then they should come off without too much difficulty, but be careful of your paint. You could try heating with a hair drier or heat gun to soften the glue. If they have been put on later with urethane (looks like hard black silastic) that can be a bitch to get off. If you're going to put them back on again, you can try what some panelbeaters do. Carefully, with a thin, sharp knife, slide it along under the mould to cut it off, then before you put them back on, lighty rub some acetone on the old urethane to open the pores and reapply a film of fresh urethane.

Pete · backyard mechanic Joined: 05 Oct 2001 Posts: 502

dont listen to em mate. i took mine off without one drama. get some cutting compound polish before you start to get off any marks left in the process and itl only take a couple of hours. piss easy

TG 1985 · backyard mechanic Joined: 08 Jan 2002 Posts: 550

yea, its easy when they're like that from the factory, they practically come off themselves, but if they had been glued on b4, like me, wit that black shit, then u have a problem, of getting that elastic black shit off, i just used heaps of thinner, and i came off eventually, but i saw no point 2 take off the rest, coz they were sitting nicely.

chris.