Removing side molding tips?
- Thread starter hyperpm
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Get a long zip tie and put it under the edge and slowly pull. I removed all mine in about 5m tops. Just pull steady and if you watch the tape you can see when you need to stop a sec and then start again. It's really easy.
I used no remover or anything. Just a zip tie.
After you're done, use a spray bottle to clean up the area (dirt that got under) and any glue. For the glue you should only have to grab and pull as for me it just came right off. Or just roll it with your finger. However, if you do it right you should have almost none.
After its all clean, wax and you're done.
Enjoy!!!
I used no remover or anything. Just a zip tie.
After you're done, use a spray bottle to clean up the area (dirt that got under) and any glue. For the glue you should only have to grab and pull as for me it just came right off. Or just roll it with your finger. However, if you do it right you should have almost none.
After its all clean, wax and you're done.
Enjoy!!!
It was dead simple on a hot humid day in southern Louisiana. I got it started with fishing line then just pulled it off with my hands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPKJuN4t8W0
It's really that easy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPKJuN4t8W0
It's really that easy.
LOL .... "Done."
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- 2010 Mazda5 GT
Pardon my ignorance, but are y'all removing the side moldings for aesthetic reasons (i.e. cleaner look)? I guess I'm in the minority in wanting these on since my WRX didn't have them and I got a good bit of door dings. Or do the MS3 ones not protect all that well from them?
Your still going to get door dings regardless if you have the side moldings on or not, they are placed a bit too low on the door to protect from anything. Any door I've seen open near my car would hit a few inches above where the moldings are. On the CWP the side moldings didnt match the paint anyway they were a tad darker.
Yeah the yellowish line bothered the hell out of me. I sat there and washed my car twice (boom06)
Yeah, it's like wearing a stripe for a helmet.
It drove me crazy, I washed it twice, used rubbing compound, pre wax cleaner, clay bar, waxed twice, then a different compound for a speed wheel and could still see a faint line, then it just went away by itself after a couple days and the next time I washed I didnt notice it.
Yeah I didn't really want to remove them because I feared something like that would happen ... I was a mess that day lol
I liked the side moldings too, it was a tough decision for me but with the car tinted and I'm trying to pick up a set of hyper black RPM2's if Enkei starts making them again it looks slick without them on. Plus they just trap dirt and water.
jdm justin
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- 2008.5 Mazdaspeed 3
ive owned my mgm almost a week now and havent even noticed then. Now that i found this thread im sure i will lol
I'd like to add that I didn't do it for cosmetic reasons. I like that the car is easier to wash, and it elimanates a point where stuff can accumulate and eventually corrode the paint at the moulding/sheet metal junction.
When I removed mine after the first winter, even though the car was recently washed, there was plenty of fine particulate matter trapped.
Just another view from the peanut gallery ....
