removing body molding

[glsGreg]

I was wondering if anyone has removed their body molding and if there are holes behind it. If not it seems like an easy mod. It would be painted underneath correct?

[smokinAMD]

I don't know if there are holes behind it, but yeah, it is painted behind it. I had the displeasure of finding out when one of mine ripped off partially.

[glsGreg]

mine was starting to peel back a little in the front corner and i decided that it would look good without it altogether. I just didnt know whether I would need to fill the body panel for holes or anything like that.

[sound_xtreme]

no holes, just nasty sticky stuff

[glsGreg]

does anyone know where i could find pictures of this? i,personally think that it would look cleaner but am looking for other opinions as well. let me know what you guys think.

[Naich]

Skiboarder has his taken off. You will have to use elbow grease and goo gone to get the sticky crap off. I might do this to my car as well.

[Naich]

here is a pic
http://invision.aleromod.com/uploads/post-2-1077484330.jpg

[glsGreg]

Thanks Naich, great pic, I knew you'd be the guy to make it happen ha. Thats definitely a project for this weekend assuming I can get into my parents garage.

[loudalero]

Yep no holes Ihave taken mine off and it really easy once you get it started but use a heat gun and take your time and you wont have alot of glue left on the car.

[keytonic]

yeah a heat gun works awesome and you'll have it done in like 15 - 20 min.

[Naich]

you could use a hair dryer too probably...

[Silentalero]

yea haha just dont do it in cold weather eh scott, lol (vinyl incident, lol)

[sound_xtreme]

that pics sucks. i have a bunch on http://www.cardomain.com/id/sound_xtreme/
I did this "mod" a long time ago

[Aleromaster]

Hey the link doesn't work. Anyone done it to a lighter colered car like red or something. Its kind of hard to tell on black as everythng seems to blendin anyway
Edit: WOOHOO it hit 200. I'm starting to get up there

[misslindseysue]

Take the last / off the end and it works

[j{}n]

aleromaster, i did this on my red two door. it looks much better. doesn't really do anything in the first place...

[Aleromaster]

I'm thinking of doing it myself but the only thing I worry about is mine actually has gowgaes(spelling?) in it meaning that it has been hit many times but other peoples doors(which is what it was intended for). Only worried that once I remove it some a hole will slam his door into mine.

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

wait for the summer...hot and sunny day will be perfect. It'll take you only 15-20 minutes to get all the residual sticky crap off then. If you do it in the cold, your fingers will get numb and be sore all day, and it'll take you about an hour.

As for worrying about a-holes slamming their door into yours, just park on the far end of the parking lot. You'll get a little extra exercise walking to the store. ;)

[Aleromaster]

Originally posted by AlbinoMonkeyRat@Feb 27 2004, 10:41 PM
wait for the summer...hot and sunny day will be perfect. It'll take you only 15-20 minutes to get all the residual sticky crap off then. If you do it in the cold, your fingers will get numb and be sore all day, and it'll take you about an hour.

As for worrying about a-holes slamming their door into yours, just park on the far end of the parking lot. You'll get a little extra exercise walking to the store. ;)
A: I'm lucky it is pretty much summer here,
B: I do park at the far end of the lots, usually because I have no choice. For some reason the stores around here are alsways like christmas.

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

A: helping out the dude who started this thing...he lives in Ohio, so it'll be pretty helpful for him to know that.
B: Same here! :lol:

[Aleromaster]

A: Just trying to rub it in for al those in the cold. Just moves from NH so I know how its like trying to do things to the car in the cold :P

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

:lol:

[glsGreg]

I did it on Friday night back at my house and it looks so much better.. I'll probably post some pics for people if they want them on Tuesday after my service.. bunnying brakes.. anyhow.. it was probably 45 degree weather and I used a hairdryer and all the glue came off no problem.. after a bath it looked factory.. thanks guys

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

what color is your car? If it's not red, black, midnight blue, or silver, post a pic! I haven't seen an Alero w/o the molding except in those colors...

[glsGreg]

My car is the ruby-ish maroon i guess.. they call it sport red for 2004.. im not sure the exact term for it

[keytonic]

here's mine http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/4/web/424000-424999/424385_29_full.jpg

[brad_galles16]

I just took mine off and it is really dirty underneath around the edges of where the molding was. It isn't dirt that can just be washed off either. It can be scraped off though cause I did a little with my fingernail but it was tough. How should I go about getting that dirt off??? And do I just use goo-gone to get that mess off or is there something else that i should use as well?? Thanks for the help

[Naich]

just use goo gone, it will probably take off the dirt too.

[AleroSS]

Has anyone painted their bodymoulding a different colour than the car itself? I have been toying with painting the moulding black on my bright red 2 dr - anyone have any opinions, comments, or pics?

[jonez]

I don't think that would like good, but hey it is your car.

[Cyber Knight]

Originally posted by AleroSS@Mar 1 2004, 11:24 PM
Has anyone painted their bodymoulding a different colour than the car itself? I have been toying with painting the moulding black on my bright red 2 dr - anyone have any opinions, comments, or pics?
Might not be too bad. Try covering it with black electrical tape first to get a 'preview' of how that will look before you commit to the paint. Easier than repainting it if you don't like it.

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

Originally posted by AleroSS@Mar 1 2004, 06:24 PM
Has anyone painted their bodymoulding a different colour than the car itself? I have been toying with painting the moulding black on my bright red 2 dr - anyone have any opinions, comments, or pics?
Look at a GAGT for an idea of what it'll look like. Yeah, their molding is huge, but some of them have a black stripe in there. But you got a red car, so it might make it look a little sportier. :thumbsup:

[b-spot]

:eek: that'd be ALOT of tape!

[Nikatrel]

Try that man and post a pic... I'd like to see the black molding on a red car. :D

[brad_galles16]

did anyone have to use touch-up paint after you took off the molding?? Did you have to re-clearcoat it?

[AleroSS]

Would electrical tape leave any sort of damaging residue, or cause any negative issues when trying to remove, or once removed?

[Cyber Knight]

After a while it would leave a bit of sticky stuff behind (which goo-gone will take care of easily), but you only wanna put it on long enuf to get an idea of how it will look to help you decide if you wanna paint it black, and you'd probably only wanna preview one side cuz you can't see 'em both at once.

[AlbinoMonkeyRat]

electrical tape = vinyl
so if any tape is left behind, you'd be able to scrape it off with your fingernails, and goo-gone.

[brad_galles16]

Did anyone have to clear-coat the spot where you took off the molding?? After I took mine off, it seemed that the top layer of paint or clearcoat was off. How would I go about putting clearcoat back on and getting the right amount on there?? Do I just tape the surrounding areas and paint a layer?? Thanks for the help

[glsGreg]

I just washed the car right after I took the molding off and then waxed it and it looks like it was never there in the first place.

[AleroSS]

OK guys, once the weather warms up, and the streets aint so slushy, I'll take the car for a bath, and then throw on some E-Tape and snap a few pics for you all. :thumbsup:

[black_magic]

use a heater and dental floss, youll have it done in no time.

[FormulaNERD]

why electrical tape when you can photoshop it? :)

in gunmetal to match the rims

http://www.formulanerd.com/images/alero/gunmetal.jpg

and in black

http://www.formulanerd.com/images/alero/stripeblack.jpg

lol, after photoshopin' this i'm actually considering it now.

which looks better? LOL

[bdyman]

none both ugly, sorry
heat gun is the way to go i used a wide moulding scrapper i have start at one end using the heat gun to heat up the double sided tape
if ya don`t have laquer thinner or dx 440 ya can always go old school and use ur thumb roll of the tape

[b-spot]

Originally posted by FormulaNERD@May 30 2004, 12:29 AM
why electrical tape when you can photoshop it? :)

in gunmetal to match the rims

http://www.formulanerd.com/images/alero/gunmetal.jpg

and in black

http://www.formulanerd.com/images/alero/stripeblack.jpg

lol, after photoshopin' this i'm actually considering it now.

which looks better? LOL
Your links see to be dead, and i wanna see this!

[b-spot]

nm, they are back

[FormulaNERD]

ok, i took the molding off, didnt really notice a difference on the car, but i knew i wasnt going to put it back on.

then after photoshoppin it, i decided to do it gunmetal, again, it's not very noticeable, so whether you think it's cool, or gay, it's not overly cool or overly gay, get my point? i personally like it and i'll have pics up soon.

edit:

oh yea, and my clearcoat was chipping off in pieces where the molding was, i could seriously scrape it with my fingernail, and there was some residue on the bottom that wouldnt come off, even with elbow grease and goo gone. and i basically painted the molding and put it back on to cover that up.

[Final-Reality]

Originally posted by keytonic@Feb 29 2004, 09:32 PM
here's mine http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/4/web/424000-424999/424385_29_full.jpg
Hey what color is that? I've never seen an alero in that color I don't think... looks really good man...

Also, what rims are those..? :P

[smokinAMD]

It's opala blue, offered only in '99 (I think).

My car is the same color.