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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 09:39 AM
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i was thinkign about taking off the side moldings of my car, and i was wondering how do you do that? and is it complicated?
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 09:40 AM
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You need to take apart the door panel/fender and rear seats.. There clipped in there.. You basically unclip them from the inside.
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 09:46 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM-EJ1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You need to take apart the door panel/fender and rear seats.. There clipped in there.. You basically unclip them from the inside.</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's the correct/harder way to go about it.

I remember when I first got my car it only came with three outta six moldings, and I thought to myself damn that looks odd. So I just got a flathead screwdriver, a thin cloth and kinda popped out the moldings. Doing that only takes like 5-15mins rather then going about it the harder way. It's up to you dude on how you wanna go about it and I'm sure there's other ways to get em' off.
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 09:48 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by White-EG6 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

That's the correct/harder way to go about it.

I remember when I first got my car it only came with three outta six moldings, and I thought to myself damn that looks odd. So I just got a flathead screwdriver, a thin cloth and kinda popped out the moldings. Doing that only takes like 5-15mins rather then going about it the harder way. It's up to you dude on how you wanna go about it and I'm sure there's other ways to get em' off.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, great way to **** up your door/quarter panel/fender. I've heard stories of people 'pulling out' the metal because the moldings are stuck in there so well..

Take the extra time and do it the correct way. It's not that hard to take that stuff apart anyways.
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 10:22 AM
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Take the extra time and do it the correct way. It's not that hard to take that stuff apart anyways.[/QUOTE]

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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 10:24 AM
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very easy if you take the door panels off
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 10:30 AM
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Exactly. Save the time and do it the right way.

Hey, it might not damage anything if you used the screwdriver, but why risk it?
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 10:30 AM
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i dont really know why u would wanna take them off, ull be left with a bunch of holes unless u fill them all in after and get it all repainted..
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 10:39 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FarOutCoupe &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i dont really know why u would wanna take them off, ull be left with a bunch of holes unless u fill them all in after and get it all repainted..</TD></TR></TABLE>

Tell me about it.. You have to get that whole side of the car painted.. Sort of a waste. Why not just buy a CX?
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 10:43 AM
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When it comes to **** like this... Just take the extra time to do it correctly. JDM-EJ1 has the best method in my opinion.

If you want to be lazy, take White-EG6's advice... But remember, if you don't have time to do something right, when will you have time to do it over?
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Old Jun 8, 2005 | 11:04 AM
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k thx alot guys, might try it.
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