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#1
07-10-2003, 07:57 PM
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Chrome window trim ?
Anyone ever removed the chrome window trim on a sedan? I hate the way it looks, just wondered what's underneath it and/or what it would look like if it was painted black or something. Pics?
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07-10-2003, 09:57 PM
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I painted mine black, or the color it was originally. It was a pain masking all of the area off, and it requires alot of attention to detail or you will get lines. I used this stuff called "black-it-out" and you can get as glossy of a finish as you want, you just spray a heavier coat on to get it glossier. I would think you could use just about any paint as long as you lightly sand the surface with a fine sandpaper.
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07-10-2003, 10:24 PM
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well has anyone ever taken theirs off? cause i dont know if i really wanna go through the trouble of taping it all of and then re-doing it. Becuase on the driver and passenger front door, the trim is pushed up a big, and there is a gap near the window. So would it look really bad if I would take it off? or should i just leave it be?
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#5
07-10-2003, 10:32 PM
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I've heard that you have to take off the mirror, and it is really hard to not break the clips when taking it off, so I just masked it.
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07-10-2003, 10:32 PM
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07-10-2003, 10:33 PM
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#8
07-10-2003, 10:34 PM
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sorry if that was confusing. I meant you have to unbolt the mirror. And then you can get at all the trim's clips.
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07-10-2003, 10:37 PM
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ha ha yea, i can kinda twist mine a little bit, so I think I might of found myself a new project for tomorrow, ill let everyone know. But what is it really held on with, just like a long strand of double sided tape? or is it glue?
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07-10-2003, 10:41 PM
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It is some kind of clip like thing, but I'm sure it is stuck on there due to age, and there is a rubber part on the bottom and the top that I'm sure is kind of on there due to age.
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07-10-2003, 10:43 PM
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I just went and looked at mine a bit closer, and on the chrom trim that goes over the top edge of the doors, there's a clear plastic cover over the chrome. That is the part that I can kinda twist a little bit, it's coming loose, so I think I will just rip the clear plastic off, and then paint all the chrome trim black.
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