Exterior stainless door trim removal
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To the best of my knowledge, this trim is held on using an adhesive/double sided tape. It is difficult to remove, or to get started at least, without bending/kinking it.
A thin flat blade might be useful to get under it and lift it off by degrees and maybe warm it up with a hair dryer beforehand and as you go, just to soften the adhesive.
A thin flat blade might be useful to get under it and lift it off by degrees and maybe warm it up with a hair dryer beforehand and as you go, just to soften the adhesive.
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When I had my car painted earlier this year and the shop removed the trim it was rusted (I saw the pieces) and they told me it was difficult to get off. I ended up getting better used pieces from Coventry West, so it can be done. The chrome parts, on top, I replaced were similar in appearance given that they came off of similar age cars. It was the part under the trim that was in better shape than my orginal pieces. Maybe they came off of western cars..........
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Original specification of window trim, they are never glued on by a double sided tape, they are clipped on, and to take those trims off without destroying the chrome moldings you need a wide plastic wedge which is avaialble at atuozone, pepboys and O reilly, just wedge it from side to side, never start in the middle of the chrome piece do it while windows are fully open
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My Bad...............
Apologies for any bum steer I might have given, but I misunderstood the original query and was thinking in terms of the chrome strips/trim on the window surrounds/pillars, as per the Sovereign.
The chrome capping on the tops of the doors are of course a different matter entirely.
The chrome capping on the tops of the doors are of course a different matter entirely.
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