Removing de-chromed trim....

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richard300
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Post Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:37 pm

Originally i planned to swap all the de-chromed trim on my car for chrome trim.....

But i am not entirely sure i want to go to the lengths of removing both my front a rear bumpers and the Tech-1 kit that’s bolted to them.

So i am going to refurb the de-chromed trim that is on the car.

Thought i might buy some fine line masking tape and regular masking tape and along with a number of newspapers, mask around the trims and sand/prime/paint in situe?.... However with my car being a convertible i think this could get messy.

So..... is it hard to remove all the trims from around the a-pillar door section and along the tops of the doors and rear quarter AND the horse-shoe trim. So that i can paint them all away from the car.... Is re-fitting just a reversal of the removal?

Thanks.....

Richard.
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Post Thu Mar 08, 2012 6:27 pm

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Post Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:48 am

Richard, if you need a hand, let me kniow, i have done this many times.
i still have all the parts here you enquired about previously

cheers, Adi :wink:
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