ilovejdm

I've seen alot of cars without the side moldings. My car is an lx so they aren't painted and I'm considering taking them off. Any info on taking them off? Will it need to get repainted or will it buff out underneath? Should I have a professional body man do it? I want to take the pinstripe off my car as well.

redbull-1

For the 5th gen Accord, to remove them you have to take off the interior door panel to get at the clips, then the side moldings are also held on by double-sided tape on the outside. You would be left with holes where the clips attach, which would have to be filled.

jwicecold

Ya your gonna have to custom weld some little plates over the holes, and then bondo the exterior to make it look all natural!!! Looks clean though if you can do it right. I wanna do it myself but havent decided if thats the look I want..

ilovejdm

oo damn, that was what I was afraid of. I was hoping they didn't have holes behind them. I can't do something like that myself.

I think I will just get them painted to match like the ex's and then remove my pin stripe and buff the car.

jwicecold

Ya Ive been looking for a place to weld close by and or a good cost. Then I was thinkin bout renting a welder and havin someone do it but no one I know is real great with the thing. ha

ilovejdm

lol it's something you gotta make sure the welds are good. hahaha

I probably won't even paint my moldings now. I seen a coulple of accords like mine without the moldings painted that looked really sick.

ilovejdm

will remove at owners request, but here are a couple examples of sick accords without painted side moldings.