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Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:27 am

I spent a few hours doing this. Too bad I only did one side when I had to go to work.

There is a small line on the front door that was under the molding, a bit lighter than the paint that wasn't under it. Will a polishing get rid of this, or is it a clear coat issue?

Anyway, just thought I would post up this thing I've been wanting to do. Oh, and don't mind the dirt.

measy27 · Post by **measy27** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:29 am

Looks alot better.. Nice job......

hansken_yo · Post by **hansken_yo** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:01 am

That line will fade over time, however, in the mean time a good pre-wax and waxing will also help immediately.

Definitely and Improvement... but I'm not opinionated in this matter

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Mon May 05, 2008 1:14 am

hansken_yo wrote:That line will fade over time, however, in the mean time a good pre-wax and waxing will also help immediately.

Definitely and Improvement... but I'm not opinionated in this matter

All right, then I'll wash her up next weekend.

TNK · Post by **TNK** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:32 am

very nice!

theTeejmiester · Post by **theTeejmiester** » Mon May 05, 2008 3:38 am

they look sooo much better without side mouldings

welchspro · Post by **welchspro** » Mon May 05, 2008 5:41 am

Gets my stamp of approval

glasswars · Post by **glasswars** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:15 am

Awesome. How long did it take?

Moparty08 · Post by **Moparty08** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:25 am

Hell yeah looks great. I'm going to be doing that once it stops raining so much

jckevns · Post by **jckevns** » Mon May 05, 2008 11:46 am

looks good

what did you use to get that crap off that was under the molding

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Mon May 05, 2008 12:41 pm

deinately wish i woulda had a heat gun when i did mine

King Crab · Post by **King Crab** » Mon May 05, 2008 5:35 pm

Nice job on the molding.

Well worth the effort, looks great.

I would have to agree with hansken_yo in that a good detailing will work wonders. (boy, that hurt to say....

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MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Mon May 05, 2008 5:51 pm

Zaino.

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Mon May 05, 2008 5:53 pm

I used a credit card, heat, and adhesive remover to get the glue residue off. My tape came off on the molding.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Mon May 05, 2008 5:55 pm

on the ms3, I just grabbed on end of the molding and it came right off.. No sticky residue left over.

Then i spent 6 hours Zainoing.

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Mon May 05, 2008 6:41 pm

glasswars wrote:Awesome. How long did it take?

Oh, maybe an hour or two. I just took a lot longer than I could have, and the other side will take about half that. (Yes I'm driving around with half of the car done).

jckevns wrote:looks good
what did you use to get that crap off that was under the molding

I used 3M general adhesive remover, and a cloth the get it off. Wasn't really hard, just a bit time consuming until you find a quick way to do it.

Thanks for all the comments guys. I am pretty happy with the result.

EDIT: If anyone is really interested I could write a how-to with all materials needed, and pictures.

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Mon May 05, 2008 7:25 pm

I say you just do the write up. Alot of ppl are guna want to know how. Looks good by the way

supertrick_05 · Post by **supertrick_05** » Mon May 05, 2008 8:36 pm

Another great way of getting the glue strips off (which I didn't use either) is getting a rubber wheel on the end of a drill and going to town. It won't burn the paint unless you hold it on the paint for a good amount of time, and with pressure. It's a quick and easy way of doing it. I used the same method as you...3M remover and a cloth. Took awhile. LOL

Looks good btw! Clean shaven FTW!

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Mon May 05, 2008 8:48 pm

Yeah, the 3M remover and cloth method took a bit, but wasn't bad. I just finished the other side, in about half the time as the first, like I said it would take.

And I'll write up a how-to in the next few days so everyone else can benefit.

dodge_girl · Post by **dodge_girl** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:25 pm

looks good sam, i plan on doin that soon aswell, big improvement

Nutmeg · Post by **Nutmeg** » Mon May 05, 2008 10:43 pm

Thanks Jen.

For anyone interested, I wrote a how-to, that you can find in the how-to section.