removing door strips

[brad1]

Hi all
im colour coding my door strips tommorow, just wondering how to remove them from the door, did a search, didnt find anything
any help
cheers

 

[Phillc]

They are stuck on with double sided tape, taking them of is not a good idea as they get miss shaped and are never the same again, when i did mine i did them on the car, the masking tape will fit down the back of the strips enough to stop any spray getting on the car i then used newspaper to cover most of the doors and then old sheets for the rest of the car.
It worked a treat.

 

[Mackers]

is that all they're stuck on with i've heard they have plastic clips that clip into hols in the door too.

 

[Phillc]

they are not clips so much as location pins, either end of the strip.

 

[Mackers]

so i'd basicaly need to fill and smooth them into my door before painting, as i was hoping just to remove them for a smoother look.

 

[Phillc]

What i did was to get the filler primer which worked really well, you can get new primed ones from the stealers but they are about £20ish each.

 

[Phillc]

Sorry i might have got the wrong end of the stick, if you want to remove them altogether then yes you will have two holes to fill.

 

[brad1]

i managed in the end to paint mine while they were on the car, less hassle doing them this way