What have you done to your P5 today?

[roy obanion]

Here we are, no moldings

 

[magnumP5]

^^^ Nice, I still need to do that. What all did you use to remove them?

 

[mx-p5]

hmm...that does appear to have uber sexi potential!

 

[roy obanion]

I ripped the moldings off by hand. I was able to scrub the goo off the front doors with soap and water. For the back doors I had to use a card to scrape the foam off and solvent to clean up the rest of the adhesive. I then washed the car to be sure no solvent stuck around.

 

[magnumP5]

I ripped the moldings off by hand. I was able to scrub the goo off the front doors with soap and water. For the back doors I had to use a card to scrape the foam off and solvent to clean up the rest of the adhesive. I then washed the car to be sure no solvent stuck around.

Seems easy enough. I notice you have an '02 - any fading? Well, your car is white so maybe not...

 

[mx-p5]

i'm very tempted to do it to both cars now

 

[magnumP5]

I want to. I'm just afraid of paint fade and permanent marks. Hell, I removed my sunroof visor like two months after I bought the car and the marks are still there, three years later, even after several waxings and polishings. I'm afraid the same will happen with the side mouldings.

 

[mx-p5]

yeah, kinda feel teh same way

 

[roy obanion]

No fading, and it is an 02. If you are gentle, you may be able to lift a bit on the molding on the back door and check the color. I did this to see and it popped right back in place.

 

[dxaveP5]

it'll show fade usually on our colors.
did mine, and well paint attached itself to the actual body, and i have lil chip spots outlining the moldings, as well as fading.
mine is 03 1 year newer but shows fading, not so much on black or white tho cause it wont be so obvious but on our colors (blue/red) it'll show.
i regret doing the moldings, because of those chips and fade showing, shoulda just kept the moldings as is.

btw. i used 3M all purpose remover as well as goo gone, and this other stuff.
took me forever.

 

[mx-p5]

then that settles it for me.

No fading here please! and i'll keep callies on too, so they are twins

 

[StealthWyvern]

Leave the side moldings on!! You wil regreat it later on even if you dont have fade issues! Trust me I have done it on two different cars and regret doing it on each other on down the road!

 

[magnumP5]

it'll show fade usually on our colors.
did mine, and well paint attached itself to the actual body, and i have lil chip spots outlining the moldings, as well as fading.
mine is 03 1 year newer but shows fading, not so much on black or white tho cause it wont be so obvious but on our colors (blue/red) it'll show.
i regret doing the moldings, because of those chips and fade showing, shoulda just kept the moldings as is.

btw. i used 3M all purpose remover as well as goo gone, and this other stuff.
took me forever.

Wow, you actually got chipping? How'd that happen?

Leave the side moldings on!! You wil regreat it later on even if you dont have fade issues! Trust me I have done it on two different cars and regret doing it on each other on down the road!

Why do you say this?

This is my major fear. I kind of still want to remove them because I need to get my front lip painted and if I remove the mouldings and there's fading I might be able to get the same shop to do some work there as well.

 

[katsi]

ordered a sport exhaust and new SRI

 

[StealthWyvern]

Why do you say this?

This is my major fear. I kind of still want to remove them because I need to get my front lip painted and if I remove the mouldings and there's fading I might be able to get the same shop to do some work there as well.

Because you will get tons of door dings down the side over time. More then you will imagine and it will look liek complete crap!

 

[azlanb6b8]

Just installed a sets of fog light...Im so happy with the end result. Enjoy the pixs.

 

[dxaveP5]

Wow, you actually got chipping? How'd that happen?

Why do you say this?

This is my major fear. I kind of still want to remove them because I need to get my front lip painted and if I remove the mouldings and there's fading I might be able to get the same shop to do some work there as well.

Well from what it looked like im gona guess that, over time the paint just decided to cover up the crack between the molding and door, and bond to the door itself. and when i removed the moldings it like like tearing off paint from the door while peeling off the molding with the paint bonded to the door.
let me snap a couple photo's later and u can see. but right now u can only see it up close but from a distance u cant see it.

Just installed a sets of fog light...Im so happy with the end result. Enjoy the pixs.

Love the front dude looks great +1

 

[alexcited]

I installed my dark fog overlays(terribly might i add, I shouldn't be allowed near vinyls every again)

 

[dxaveP5]

looks good, and did u have problems doing it?

I washed/clayed/waxd the car today, and gona take it out for a photoshoot tmrrw morning or tonight ^_^

 

[alexcited]

Yeah, i'm not too good at most anything at life, and apparently applying round vinyls is not my strong suit. but you'd have to looking really close at it to see how terrible of a job i did, so i should be good haha.