irokdastar
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Hey guys looking to wrap my car . but I have no clue how to remove the lower door chrome strips . I will appreciate any help. thank you
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how to remove door chrome strip?
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There is two strips of double sided tape, one along the top and one along the bottom, pry the pieces a bit and cut them with an exacto knife.
Then using a couple pairs of trim removal tools you have to get in between the chrome strip and the clips which hold the piece in place and just pry. You will break half the clips, but you can get a whole ton of them for like 20 bucks.
It's a pain in the ass, and I hate the pieces. I will eventually pry off pieces one final time, and have a body shop weld on a piece of metal and finish the door off with a proper edge like any normal car.
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Also if you are wrapping your car, not sure how you feel about old trim pieces and stuff, but I ended up replacing a lot of old trim on my car and stuff that had broken clips from either me pulling them off or w/e.
I ended up replacing all the moldings at the top of the door which seal against the window, as well as a shit load of clips, and other small trim pieces when I wrapped my car.
All told I spent upwards of $1000 just on stuff from infinitipartsUSA. I'm neurotic about broken clips, pieces being perfect, and rattles and stuff, so if something had even one broken clip, I ended up replacing it.
Just keep that in mind considering my car is an '08 and your's is an 05. You might have to replace atleast a few trim pieces, probably not as much as me unless you are crazy but expect to spend atleast a couple hundred on some pieces.
Then using a couple pairs of trim removal tools you have to get in between the chrome strip and the clips which hold the piece in place and just pry. You will break half the clips, but you can get a whole ton of them for like 20 bucks.
It's a pain in the ass, and I hate the pieces. I will eventually pry off pieces one final time, and have a body shop weld on a piece of metal and finish the door off with a proper edge like any normal car.
---------- Post added at 08:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:51 PM ----------
Also if you are wrapping your car, not sure how you feel about old trim pieces and stuff, but I ended up replacing a lot of old trim on my car and stuff that had broken clips from either me pulling them off or w/e.
I ended up replacing all the moldings at the top of the door which seal against the window, as well as a shit load of clips, and other small trim pieces when I wrapped my car.
All told I spent upwards of $1000 just on stuff from infinitipartsUSA. I'm neurotic about broken clips, pieces being perfect, and rattles and stuff, so if something had even one broken clip, I ended up replacing it.
Just keep that in mind considering my car is an '08 and your's is an 05. You might have to replace atleast a few trim pieces, probably not as much as me unless you are crazy but expect to spend atleast a couple hundred on some pieces.
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irokdastar
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Wow that's crazy . I was going to tuck the wrap under all the rubber seals . Let me ask you a few questions. What's the hardest panel to do and did the vinyl stick to the lower plastic body panels or did you need to ad anything to make them stick.
Wow that's crazy . I was going to tuck the wrap under all the rubber seals . Let me ask you a few questions. What's the hardest panel to do and did the vinyl stick to the lower plastic body panels or did you need to ad anything to make them stick.
I took the entire FX apart to have it wrapped. It's the only way to do a proper job, guys who wrap the car with the bumpers and stuff still on, are just half assing it.
The only panels I wrapped myself were the 4 doors. The rest I gave to a local company.
The vinyl did actually kinda of stick to the lower mouldings, but not very well. In order to do a proper job the mouldings would need to be sanded and painted, that way they wont be so porous. This way the wrap can properly stick to the surface.
You can check Zebra's garage, he had some really good pictures while he wrapped his ride himself. He's an absolute wizard with vinyl though. It's certainly not easy...
I'll upload a few pictures of my car mid wrap later tonight.
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