Removing 2003 VY door trims

[madgamer2006]

Is there a way to remove the door plastic trims like the second pic with out wrecking the paint... and how are they stuck on?

here is mine:



this is what it will look like finished:

[davey g-force]

You wont get them off without damaging the paint, so unless you're planning on painting the doors, I'd leave them. Some people here have suggested using fishing line or various solvents, but the general concensus was that it's near impossible to do without somehow wrecking the paint. The glue they are stuck on with is REALLY strong (sikaflex?).

Looks like you might just have to accept that Exec's came out with door strips!

[madgamer2006]

lol, how can i replace them lol

they are cracked

[Lumps of cheese]

Use a heat gun, as davey said they are stuck down real good.I also doubt you will get it off without damaging your paint.

[Landy]

The cracking seems like another fault on VY's. I have 2 VY's here, and both have a strip or two cracked.

Keith

[madgamer2006]

mmm its a bugger...

[Kurt O'Neill]

Some strong glue aye. mine came off and yes with paint damage

[Conkster]

If its anything like how the badges are stuck down, its strong as but able to get off without damaging paint.

[EvoVIIIJDM]

its nothing like the glue used for badges, badges come off easy as pie.

[richierich]

Leave them on and just paint over them.I did that with mine and you dont notice them as much.

[Kurt O'Neill]

Nice car, well looked after.

[DUK13Y]

if you really want to replace them, you will probably need to respray but you could try to use a hair dryer and fishing line.. will take a while but this is all i can think of without damaging paint work.

i dont even know if that will work. theoretically it should. good luck with it anyway.

[dufus]

Has anyone tried removing the glue with a caramel wheel? It works really well on VR and VS Commodores.

[hitman1979]

i got mine off by pulling them slowly and then for the crap left behind i used petrol soaked rag, let the petrol soak in to the crap for about 5 min then it peels off.

didnt stain the paint at all

cheers

[davey g-force]

^^ Was that on a VY though?

[Kikki]

Mine are currently falling off after my 5 year old pulled one.... just wait a while or find a 5 year old.

[hitman1979]

^^ Was that on a VY though?

i have done it to a VT, VX and a couple of VY's

[madgamer2006]

Im going to remove them.... im sick of them... is there a way to leaver the strips off?

ill worry about the glue later

[malik]

i wish if there was a way to get rid of the door trims without having the doors / paint damaged/scratched...

cheers

[madgamer2006]

im not far off doing one door lol... i get motivated then forget lol

no damage so far

[madgamer2006]

so far

[nEb.]

ahhh dude...why not just get a panel beater to paint em? My sister's fiancee just got it done set him back 100 bux, that photoe looks like your putting your car through alot of pain ...

[madgamer2006]

im a stubborn person lol they have to be replaced anyways cause they are all cracked

[1991_Vn2nV]

Strips like that are easy to take off, same as normal VR/VS strips as they're not large enough to be held on by too much sikaflex.

Just use a jug of boiling water or a heat gun to soften up the sikaflex then use a stanley knife to cut the edges away until you can grab the strip, then she should just pull off fairly easy.

The leftover just use a caramel wheel.

[davey g-force]

so far

*CRINGE...*