removing door bump strips

[Rosco906]

FPMSL

hands off there mines

all bow to davels the king





But yes as soon as i read it i was having them

shame the Seat badge on the man's stick isnt a H for Honda

 

[golf_john]

i heard a rumour you can buy smooth bump strips so you dont have to waste time sanding them down, is this true?

 

[tommmineh]

dont think so

 

[golf_john]

i will make it my mission to find some

 

[stu666]

Anyone know what the best grade of sand paper to use for rubbing the strips down, or basicly the procedure for rubbing them down and painting them as most body shops want more than £100 to something that could be an easy diy job.

 

[Rosco906]

^^ I'l ask my mate for you as he paints etc

 

[tommmineh]

start about 200 wet + dry
work up through the grades till its smooth
primer
paint
laqeur
done

 

[914]

Which glue do you use to stick them back on with?

 

[davels]

you don't bud, you'll either use the sticky strips on the old ones or buy new ones as every else has and use the sticky strips already fitted

 

[Rosco906]

wont the old sticky 1's be fooked tho?

 

[davels]

yup unless your very lucky/careful , luckely you don't have to worry tho bud

 

[Rosco906]

Ano

Have u sanded them down awready? hehe

Just if uve done it awready then legend, If not i am lol.

Just am hopefully getting new mirror caps and will have them all painted at once and the rear quarter

Mate thinks i should keep the Chrome 1's on to go with the wheels

 

[rashcupra]

you can restick old side strips but wont stick and look as good as new 1's

 

[Ant FR]

you can restick old side strips but wont stick and look as good as new 1's

i would never do this as they never come off flat.

I did it myself on the red one and then sat there for 3 hours scrapping off the sticky, second time i asked my bodyshop guy to do it, took him 10 mins with a glue remover.

Also they should not need sanding to smooth, as the bodyshop will use a different primer which will make them smooth. thats what i did both times.

 

[rashcupra]

^^^ i was saying not to reuse old 1s as they wont lookas good as when removing they goout of shape! and for £20ish might as well get nice new 1s!

plastic primer will make them smooth!