E30 Zone

Guys can someone please post some detailed instructions possibly with pictures detailing how to remove the black dechrome trim from a friends e30 without damaging it! Thanks in advance for any help given.

To remove the trim without damaging it is amost impossible. It's made from aluminium. Removal of rear window trim depends on whether its a 3dr or 4dr car. Why remove it, people spend money and time replacing chrome trim with the dechromed trim!

I'm removing it to put it on my car! There must be a technique someone has come across to do this?!...

It's a 2 door and it's just the side's of the car, not the front and back.

For a 2 door, you need to remove the rear side windows (glass rubers and trim) to get the trim off without damage as it is embedded in the window rubbers. There are a couple of nuts holding the b pillar trim in place you access from the inside.

The gutter trims should be removed starting from bottom of A-pillar and pulled GENTLY and gradually. The front door bottom trims should be gently prised upwards starting at one end and working along. A useful implement for this is a timber wedge as it is soft enough to prevent damage to trims/paint and gives good leverage. I'm assuming you have a post-88 E30 so the top and side trim on the doors should be dechromed already.

Patience and care is the key.