Whats the easiest way to remove the stock side mouldings without messing up the holes for the new side mouldings?

 

just remove the inner door panels, and it's pretty self-explanatory from there... also for the fender, just remove the fender liner and get them from the back... if you have a helms manual, you'll find a step by step, and it's very easy

(by the way, I remember seeing a DIY write-up a couple of months ago on this very topic on on the jdmcivic.com forums... the guy did it on an EK sedan, and he showed each step with very good pics)

 

I thought it would be easier then that, oh well.

 

The best way is to take off your interior panels to access the clips that hold the moldings onto the car. Just pinch the clips and push them out... easiest way without messing up the holes.

 

http://www.jdmcivic.com/forums...43023

that's the link I was talking about

 

before you do it... go out and buy some new clips from you local honda dealer... you WILL break some... gaurenteed

 

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i never broke any

 

well on my 5th gen, there are some you CANT get to. and you have to break them out

 

I just did this yesterday, and the only one i couldn't get out was the one closest to the fender... all you have to do is slide the side molding forward, and the molding will come out with the clip still in the hole. And then to remove the clip from the hole, all you have to do is twist it sideways and pull it out.

Anyway, unless you're planning to do something with your old side moldings, there's no need to go buy clips from the dealer because the new thin side moldings come with their own clip, and if they don't, you got ripped off because they're supposed to come with them.