what not to do

Chris.augusta · Post by **Chris.augusta** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:28 pm

ok, so the moldings were killing me and i just HAD to remove them.

Long story short, the car was poorly repainted.. they didn't care to take off all the moldings. I guess they took off the back one and thought it was too much effort!

So after some 2x sided tape i got this..

Post by **racer12306** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 4:53 pm

And people say I'm crazy for not wanting to take the moldings off. I'm not interested in dealing with that.

a23dranger · Post by **a23dranger** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:14 pm

sucks.. lazy mofo's . moldings a so easy to do.. its bothers me when i see that shit

skaterking411 · Post by **skaterking411** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 5:41 pm

racer12306 wrote:And people say I'm crazy for not wanting to take the moldings off. I'm not interested in dealing with that.

Haganracing · Post by **Haganracing** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:12 pm

I'm a rebel.. Took my moldings off and loving it ever since

Sucks your car is one that did peal away

flhmfd · Post by **flhmfd** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:25 pm

i love the moldings

Chris.augusta · Post by **Chris.augusta** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:40 pm

racer12306 wrote:And people say I'm crazy for not wanting to take the moldings off. I'm not interested in dealing with that.

Tell me about it. It needs to be repainted anyways.. I guess just one more thing to get done.

ltr450r · Post by **ltr450r** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:54 pm

thats why I haven't either.. I know one of my doors was repainted and I don't want that crap. I don't think they look bad just not as good as a clean door

logikfive · Post by **logikfive** » Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:15 pm

That's why I won't take my vehicle to a shoddy shop.

I generally do the paintwork myself these days.

I gotta pull my side moldings sometime soon.. They look so much better without!

04 Mo Neon · Post by **04 Mo Neon** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:20 pm

You said it was "repainted" which leads me to belive had it been original paint it would have been fine, so is it wrong for me to suggest that if you know your car has not been repainted you should be find removing them at any point 99% of the time?

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 6:00 pm

04 Mo Neon wrote:You said it was "repainted" which leads me to believe had it been original paint it would have been fine, so is it wrong for me to suggest that if you know your car has not been repainted you should be find removing them at any point 99% of the time?

not really. 99% of the time it will have tiny bubbles in the paint underneath. Mine did and the paint peeled off in a few spots on one door. very minute and I'm the only one that'd ever notice but it won't look 100% underneath most likely.

OP - It looks like what I described kinda. I can't see a paint separation where it was painted over. Did the old tape have paint on the edges of it where it had been blasted with paint?

Chris.augusta · Post by **Chris.augusta** » Thu Apr 14, 2011 7:05 pm

On the rear door they painted over the tape refer to 1st picture, the front door... They didn't even bother removing the molding at all thats why you can see a clear difference. Moral of the story, if you know your cars been repainted check before you peel the moldings. Lol