hey everyone sorry for being ignorant but what are the side moldings and like why do people take it off and how do they take it off?

thanks,
Daren

 

use a heat gun and just rip those bad boys off...then you have to use something to remove the adhesive...i used WD40...

 

i originally took mine off because they were all faded, so i took them off to repaint them. then i noticed how good it looked without them, so it just stayed like that.

 

yeah mine were faded too...acutally they were peeling from the bad winter we had...salt = not good for paint...

 

okay i got how to take if off now what are they?????

where are they???

thanks,
Daren

 

they are the body moldings on the side of the doors. notice how on our cars we dont have any? thats where they used to be. cant explain it much more than that.

 

okay im still a moron is it like by the windows like that chrome trimming that gxes have?? or is it something else?

 

maybe this will help:

 

haha okay cant be more easier then that haha thanks man haha yes i am a moron hahahahahaha

thanks again,
Daren

 

Yeah...but aren't they supposed to protect your door from those evil "Dingers" out there?

 

yup...i have yet to have problems...*knocks on wood*

 

When I purchased my 91 SE, the only exterior issue was the fading on the spoiler. Otherwise, the car's paint was flawless and without a ding.

After about one month, I noticed a ding on the driver's side. Then, all of a sudden, without warning, I had three dings (minor--nothing big) that would show only if you looked at it from an angle. And I am the one who parks in the far end of the parking lot, just to avoid things like these.

I cried but there was nothing I could do. I guess some people intentionally ding your vehicle if it is in excellent condition. I guess they get jealous.

 

heh... try a highschool parking lot hahah. oh man, i gave up. beginning of the year when i got my car, no dings at all, prefect sides. now its the end of the year.. OH MAN. i have at elast 5 dings on each side. its horrible, but i learned to stop crying over em. oh well, morons, theres nothing i can do.

 

forget high school! try college, i watch drunk people jumpin on the hoods of cars and stuff. Somone set a suitcase on my roof (when it was parked in the gravel lot) well they had gravel on their suitcase and when they pulled it off the top it left HUGE deep scratches. but believe it or not, that color wax from turtle wax works amazing! oh, when you pull the moldings off, does it leave anything? any residue or anything? i have a black car with black side moldings, do you think it'll even look better?

 

heck yeah it looks better! it has a more clean look i think. it leaves some adhesive residue that comes off with some rubbing alcohol, or wd40, or whatever you can find that works.

 

how easy is this to do? does it take a long time? i think i'm gonna do this. use a heat gun to remove it?

 

Don't. Don't attempt this cruelty to your car!

 

yeah its one of the easiest things to do. just take your time when taking off the adhesive residue left over. and its not "cruelty", you can always put them back on.

 

hmmmmmmm i may be doing this. what's it look like underneath? just like a body indent?

 

Don't even bother doing this unless you plan to shave the moldings (filling them in with bondo). It's pointless. It just looks like an indention that used to hold side moldings. Everyone shaves their side moldings because they want to make their doors look like one continuously flat piece of sheetmetal. It's makes the side of the car more asthetically pleasing.

 

True... but having no moldings is better than having ugly faded moldings.

 

exaclty

 

Chris, the Sixers lost bigtime!

 

hey midnight why does it say rip daren?

 

Daren a.k.a Maximadude...he died in a wreck about a year ago in his 3rd gen. his little bro is on here sometimes too I think.

 

yeah...i noticed...

 

If you have good paint, then you're ok.

 

actually im daren his little bro its been almost a year since he has been gone damn i miss him his name was jaren he lost his life speeding down the highway and lost control

i wish we could have him back

aloha,
Daren

 

its good to see you're doing alright after such a tragic event, keep holding on bro, it'll be all good!