anyone konw how to take off the side molding? i want to take it off and primer my car, i dotn want to mess up the clip. wats the safe way to take it out?

 

i would like to do the same and i did some breif reserch and found you have to break the clips to remove the side molding! and to buy the clips new it would be quite a bit! i cant remember what the guy who told me this said it cost but it was over a 150 dollars total for all the clips after he had his car painted to reinstall the molding... i hope someone can tell us a better and easier way to go about doing this.. and cheap too

 

$150!?!?! just for the clip??? are you sure? damn, i dont want to spent that much on the molding, i have some clip from my brothers 96 integra will the clip fit?

 

why dont you just rip em off weld a piece of metal in there and get some body filler and mold it out ssmoooth?

 

yes, you have to break the clips and then get new ones to put them back on.

 

im sure it costed a lot for new clips...i want to make a trip down to my local seattle honda dealer and ask them about some stuff they can get me...and i will see how much for these acky breaky lil clips!


[Modified by shorty91, 5:20 AM 1/26/2003]

 

on some of the clips in the doors you just remove the plastic that screws onto the threaded part on the ends, then you can kinda slide the molding and the clips will come out as for the smaller back pieces i ended up breaking them and the fronts you can get at with pliers after taking off the inner fender lining and yeah those ******* things are expensive a couple of bucks a piece and theres a shitload of them

 

can the molding be painted? mine is all faded, i will get my car painted soon i want my molding to be painted black, will the paint stick on good? the molding is made out of rubber

 

just buy new from http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com

best oem parts for cheap!!

 

cant find the molding

 

try this...

http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...y5=DOOR+LINING