Side Moldings

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:50 pm

Sooo.. I removed the side Molidngs, and though the contour of the car looks WAY better, the drastic color changes in the paint are not as appealing to me.

This leaves me with two questions.
What can be done about the paint situation? (is there anything reasonable short of repainting the car?)

What can be used to re-apply the side molding?

Thanks

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:52 pm

As far as paint.. trying giving it a LONG buffing session to see if that does anything. And to reapply.. how were they applied when you took them off? If not use spray adhesive by 3M, that stuff has a near permanent hold.

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:00 pm

Try spending the $100 in Zanio products and follow lambostealths write up on getting a mirror finish. It might help.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:18 pm

you put them back on and i'll go take them off and beat you with them.

in the meantime just try some polish and then wait for a sunny day, park the car in the sun, and thats that.

heyitsstock · Post by **heyitsstock** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:33 pm

yea mine from far away dont look bad but up close

ouch

its sad i like almost cried when i took them off
lol

but i plan to make it nice, once the weather warms up

Panhead · Post by **Panhead** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:50 pm

let it sit in the sun, it'll start to blend with the car and thats what i did.

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:59 pm

03neonSE wrote:let it sit in the sun, it'll start to blend with the car and thats what i did.

Like magic!

Panhead · Post by **Panhead** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:05 pm

glasswars wrote:Like magic!

very much so! i have seen a difference on the doors where the molding used to be. it still needs some time but im taking the car to be buffed before carisle so it really dont matter.

Post by **Diablo0** » Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:26 pm

Yah, just let it sit in the sun for awhile, everyone usually says it'll fade to where it isn't noticeable anymore...

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:15 am

Thanks for the heads up on this... I'll give it some time to see if it gets better.... I reallly do like the contour now.... But Like Heyitsstock said... Ouch....

Panhead · Post by **Panhead** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 7:48 am

it'll take awhile like several months

danielc24 · Post by **danielc24** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:38 am

i was lucky enough to have crappy paint underneath mine , it almost looks gray not silver so hopefully it blends in when it gets warm

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:39 am

yeah! that is what mine looks like... gray (lighter than mine) not graphite. I hope it gets better... I already did some buffing with pre-wax coat and it had a minimal effect.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:57 am

Here are some pics of the color difference, and general display of them side moldings off.

dblsg · Post by **dblsg** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:36 am

just give it some time...... try polish instead of wax.

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:13 am

Diablo0 wrote:Yah, just let it sit in the sun for awhile, everyone usually says it'll fade to where it isn't noticeable anymore...

The paint will gradually start matching the color that the strips weren't covering. I'd do the same to mine, but well... Yeah, that's another thread.

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:45 pm

Damn! Your car is low.

mztykal · Post by **mztykal** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:53 pm

Opi wrote:Try spending the $100 in Zanio products and follow lambostealths write up on getting a mirror finish. It might help.

Zaino is not the end all wax. Stop promoting it like it's the best shit next to a blow job in a car from some sexy bitch.

Zaino is good, but sometimes not worth the process.

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:45 pm

glasswars wrote:Damn! Your car is low.

Just running simple Eibach Sportlines on some KYB GR2 struts... but yeah... I like it

As for the sun, I'm sure she'll get plenty of that were I am, so I'll just wait it out and hopefully it changes... I'll also do another go around in the next month and give her a wax job

starting with another pre-coat.