How do you get rid of the black rubber?
08-13-2009, 11:59 AM
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How do you get rid of the black rubber?
The who sold me the car make the window rubber look like shiiit? How do you remove it?
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08-13-2009, 12:15 PM
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Re: How do you get rid of the black rubber?
You're not going to like this but...
You'll have to take off the door panel, the mirror, the outside pillar molding, and (I believe) take out the window. Then you can get that window trim out and replace it. I had mine replaced about 4 months ago...goes a long way to making the car look clean.
fm
You'll have to take off the door panel, the mirror, the outside pillar molding, and (I believe) take out the window. Then you can get that window trim out and replace it. I had mine replaced about 4 months ago...goes a long way to making the car look clean.
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08-13-2009, 01:01 PM
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Re: How do you get rid of the black rubber?
I replaced both on my 92Si years ago. It was very easy it just snap clips in.
You just pull it up.
I believe you can still buy OEM replacements. What year is your car ?
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...tcgry5=MOLDING
You just pull it up.
I believe you can still buy OEM replacements. What year is your car ?
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...tcgry5=MOLDING
08-13-2009, 02:57 PM
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Each window molding strip has four clips of a certain type holding the main body of it on, and then one clip at each end. When trying to remove the moldings, the clips break easily unless you are super careful. Get a bunch of the middle clips at a junkyard and practice removing the moldings. Use a couple of large screwdrivers and a small screwdriver, and study the clips so you know what to press to help remove them intact.
I removed all four moldings from my 93 Civic DX. The moldings looked just like those in your photo. It is a common problem on this generation. I cleaned up the moldings with acetone and a utility knife. Sandpaper, like farkiller wrote, is a good idea too. I tried to leave the rubber on the outer edges intact. I spray painted with Krylon indoor/outdoor gloss black paint (the front of the can says something about its durability). You can get this at Wal-Mart, for one. Let the paint dry at least overnight. The moldings snap back into place very easily. It is not like new but it does look much better than before.
Alternatively, go to bkhondaparts.com and buy the molding. The molding runs about $50 per strip. So for a sedan, you are laying out around $200. For the part numbers see http://hondatuning.automotive.com/92...ing/index.html. (The procedure at this site does not make much sense to me, since the clips are as likely to stay intact without removing everything he does.)
I removed all four moldings from my 93 Civic DX. The moldings looked just like those in your photo. It is a common problem on this generation. I cleaned up the moldings with acetone and a utility knife. Sandpaper, like farkiller wrote, is a good idea too. I tried to leave the rubber on the outer edges intact. I spray painted with Krylon indoor/outdoor gloss black paint (the front of the can says something about its durability). You can get this at Wal-Mart, for one. Let the paint dry at least overnight. The moldings snap back into place very easily. It is not like new but it does look much better than before.
Alternatively, go to bkhondaparts.com and buy the molding. The molding runs about $50 per strip. So for a sedan, you are laying out around $200. For the part numbers see http://hondatuning.automotive.com/92...ing/index.html. (The procedure at this site does not make much sense to me, since the clips are as likely to stay intact without removing everything he does.)
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Re: How do you get rid of the black rubber?
I've more or less done what honda.lioness has suggested before, the only thing i'll add is that you can nbuy black trim paint (made by duplicolor IIRC) that looks a lot closer the original rubber.
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Each window molding strip has four clips of a certain type holding the main body of it on, and then one clip at each end. When trying to remove the moldings, the clips break easily unless you are super careful. Get a bunch of the middle clips at a junkyard and practice removing the moldings. Use a couple of large screwdrivers and a small screwdriver, and study the clips so you know what to press to help remove them intact.
I removed all four moldings from my 93 Civic DX. The moldings looked just like those in your photo. It is a common problem on this generation. I cleaned up the moldings with acetone and a utility knife. Sandpaper, like farkiller wrote, is a good idea too. I tried to leave the rubber on the outer edges intact. I spray painted with Krylon indoor/outdoor gloss black paint (the front of the can says something about its durability). You can get this at Wal-Mart, for one. Let the paint dry at least overnight. The moldings snap back into place very easily. It is not like new but it does look much better than before.
Alternatively, go to bkhondaparts.com and buy the molding. The molding runs about $50 per strip. So for a sedan, you are laying out around $200. For the part numbers see http://hondatuning.automotive.com/92...ing/index.html. (The procedure at this site does not make much sense to me, since the clips are as likely to stay intact without removing everything he does.)
I removed all four moldings from my 93 Civic DX. The moldings looked just like those in your photo. It is a common problem on this generation. I cleaned up the moldings with acetone and a utility knife. Sandpaper, like farkiller wrote, is a good idea too. I tried to leave the rubber on the outer edges intact. I spray painted with Krylon indoor/outdoor gloss black paint (the front of the can says something about its durability). You can get this at Wal-Mart, for one. Let the paint dry at least overnight. The moldings snap back into place very easily. It is not like new but it does look much better than before.
Alternatively, go to bkhondaparts.com and buy the molding. The molding runs about $50 per strip. So for a sedan, you are laying out around $200. For the part numbers see http://hondatuning.automotive.com/92...ing/index.html. (The procedure at this site does not make much sense to me, since the clips are as likely to stay intact without removing everything he does.)
This looks useful !
Except im sort of hesitant to try to take the molding off because i don't want to break anything. my molding is starting to crack and i can almost see the metal underneath. I might try to paint over it.
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