molding delete

[Italian Stallion]

what do you guys think about it? ive seen a couple with it done and it does look good. howd you guys get it off? pics are great. thanks - mike

[Camvill]

best mod ever..... all it takes is a blow dryer some goo gone and strong thumbs

[Jersey Mike]

Be careful if your car's been painted. They likely did not remove the moldings, paint under them, then paint the moldings, then reapply. So, the color underneath may be noticeably different than what's on top of it. You may also feel a ridge from the clear-coat as well.

Heat gun and just pull backwards at an angle. Clean with Goo-Off or something. WD-40 helps in the removal and supposedly doesn't harm the paint. Make sure to wash afterwards.

[Italian Stallion]

best mod ever..... all it takes is a blow dryer some goo gone and strong thumbs

you think? just scared that the car kinda has a bubble shape and those modlings help give it some shape i guess you can say lol

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[Italian Stallion]

that does look good..what about de badging?

[LS1ow]

my T/A was Debadge and !molding the first day i got it. it gives it a much cleaner look i think

[Italian Stallion]

my T/A was Debadge and !molding the first day i got it. it gives it a much cleaner look i think

yeah, i deff want to get rid of those moldings now. looks alot cleaner. Thanks

[WayFast84]

It's the first thing I did. I am debadged as well and everyone asks me if it's a firebird, formula or ta. I used a blow dryer and fishing line and then cleaned it up with 3m adhesive remover and a clay bar. Looks amazing.

[ar0ck]

Cheap & Easy mod to clean up the overall, definitely a proponent

[k_garretson23]

I did it and regret it everyday. My car was either repainted or the adhesive took clear with it. Looks like crap, wet sanding made it worse. If youre going to do it be careful and take one of the small moldings off first, if it appears to remove the clear coat or that the car has been repainted put it back on. I made the mistake of mangling my moldings in the process of taking them off so now the side of my car looks like ****.

[Italian Stallion]

I did it and regret it everyday. My car was either repainted or the adhesive took clear with it. Looks like crap, wet sanding made it worse. If youre going to do it be careful and take one of the small moldings off first, if it appears to remove the clear coat or that the car has been repainted put it back on. I made the mistake of mangling my moldings in the process of taking them off so now the side of my car looks like ****.

thats exactly what i was afraid of, i thought as soon as i got my car back i would do it. just dont want it to end up looking like *****

[Mark B]

I love the clean look it gives you. I have debadged & demoulded (is that a word?) every car that I have owned. My current car is the first time that i regreted doing it. It was repainted at some point and the cheap SOB that had it done didnt pay to do it right.

[JL8Jeff]

I removed the moldings on my Silverado and it turns out the passenger door was repainted at some time so it doesn't quite match up. So check your paint in every light possible to make sure it hasn't been repainted at all. If it hasn't, then you should be fine.

[methdmx]

Definitely do it if it hasn't been repainted. Like everyone else said, it cleans the car up nicely and makes it smoother. I did mine after having the car only a couple months.
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[maroman88]

speaking of molding.... i found the black moldings off my 98 TA in my basement yesterday lol

[Italian Stallion]

defid gunna give it a try tomorrow and see how it looks. did any of yours break while trying to get it off?

[methdmx]

Mine came off clean all in one piece. I sprayed WD40 and Goo Gone around the edges and waited a few minutes. The fishing line technique didn't work for me though, the line kept breaking. Instead I used a rubbery plastic paint spatula thing to scrape it off. It didn't scratch the paint. Then soaked any remaining adhesive with goo gone and scraped it off. I did mine over the summer though so everything was pretty pliable. I read some people used a hair dryer to help.

[evilz99]

They do look a lot better with them off just watch like stated above that it hasnt been painted before and that it doesn't take the clear off with it. that would not look better lol

[Italian Stallion]

They do look a lot better with them off just watch like stated above that it hasnt been painted before and that it doesn't take the clear off with it. that would not look better lol

how do you think id be able to tell if the car was painted before?

[TheV6Guy]

how do you think id be able to tell if the car was painted before?

It really depends. You have an lt1 car with the ls front end so the parts have had to be painted to match the car. If that's the case they may have had the whole car resprayed. If the body parts were different colors they may have blended the doors to make sure the color matched.

[maroman88]

look for overspray and uneven lines in the door jams n hatch

[evilz99]

or you could pop the hood and look along the fender line and look for tape marks. another definate sign is to look by the windows molding on the top of the doors. Most people dont take them off for some reason..

[Italian Stallion]

i checked it out alot closer today and i really cant see any of signs of a repaint..if i take them off and notice it was painted do you think id be able to get some type of adhesive to put those moldings back on?

[Jersey Mike]

Yes. And it could not match from sun-fading. Won't know for sure until you pull it.

Just do it.

[TheV6Guy]

If you do it id start with the ones on the fenders first to make sure. Just be careful because if the fenders weren't originaly whit they might be another color under the moldings.

[evilz99]

yeah start with a small piece and if you have to put it back on just use some 3m double sided tape. be very carefull when you take the long ones off not to bend them all up try to take them off straight in case you have to put them back on...

[greenformula92]

yeah they can be brittle too so if you pull to hard they might literally fall apart in your hands. Just be gentle and take your time. I would wait for a really warm day or careful use of a heat gun and a little finshing line and they should come off pretty easy. then you will have to clean off whatever double sided tape gets left behind

[Italian Stallion]

Thanks guys. Im just to big a b***** to do it lol and come to find out it has sun faded or the car has been painted or something.