Taking off molding

[supersean]

I have a 96 firebird and i want to take off the molding trim on the doors. What will i need to use to do that? Is there any holes behind that will show?

[shenanigans]

IT just sticks on...

just to warn your car is a little older, just make sure your car wasn't repainted, and even if its all factory may be worried about any paint fading over the last 9 years.

I think maybe a piece of string, pull off a little bit by the end and use the string like a saw. Then clean up the goo and such underneath.

Just to warn you, car gets more dents and dings without it, got 2-3 dings in the first week my dad had my car. Car had less then 150 miles and already 3 dings, bought some molding from dealer put it on, and no more dings on the side.

[00firebird]

what spots is it preventing the dings?

[shenanigans]

Originally posted by 00firebird:
what spots is it preventing the dings?

along the doors, front fenders, and most important, right in front of the rear doors(where the metal is).

I look at mine and I see a few scratches on my trim piece, and notice the scratches I have gotteon over my rear wheels from damn angled parking spots.

[Naswhodi17]

Originally posted by shenanigans:
right in front of the rear doors(where the metal is).

i didnt realize firebirds had rear doors

lol, anyways, i've had mine off for a while now, no dings, just be careful when opening your door and stuff, thats all.

i used fishing line to run behind the moldings. it also helps to use a hair dryer to heat up the sticky tape crap that holds the molding on to make taking it off easier.

[shenanigans]

Originally posted by Naswhodi17:
i didnt realize firebirds had rear doors

lol, anyways, i've had mine off for a while now, no dings, just be careful when opening your door and stuff, thats all.

i used fishing line to run behind the moldings. it also helps to use a hair dryer to heat up the sticky tape crap that holds the molding on to make taking it off easier.

haha... I didn't catch that must have been the RX-8 I was playing around in at the dealership. I meant rear wheels.

but yeah, I'd do this guy's method.

[C.O.Jones]

Biggest thing.... SEARCH the forums (cool little search button up there on the upper right).

2nd biggest thing... PULL DOWN. If you pull the molding down (towards the ground) you will have less residue left on the car to deal with. If you pull back, you will leave a lot of the tape residue on the car.