Learned a hard lesson today

Cobra_Dusten

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Only about half of my molding has stickers, the rest seems to be red plastic....

i'll show you what i mean
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after
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you'll notice in my second set of pictures... the red is still there. thats not a coincidence. I noticed some of the stickers coming off them self, so i got the heat gun out and started pulling them off, only to realize they weren't all stickers.

Other than paint, what are my options? Does anyone have a source for that trim?

 

MahFiVeOh

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Add a strip of black pin striping? Then again, a new coat of black paint does wonders.

 

82CapriRS

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measure the size you need an get black pin strip. you wont notice it unless you walked up an were like 2 inches away.

 

ryan218

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that makes me want black bullets again

 

QUICK91LX

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Someone must have done that, they were stickers from the factory

 

Cobra_Dusten

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QUICK91LX said:

Someone must have done that, they were stickers from the factory

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i really thought they would be, but no matter how much i worked with the heat gun, it wouldnt come free

 

Mustang5L5

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Is it me, or do your moldings look wavy in the pics?

 

Cobra_Dusten

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Mustang5L5 said:

Is it me, or do your moldings look wavy in the pics?

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its a bit wavy...

 

EPIK

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I actually like the red stripe...

 

Coast2CoaStang

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We painted a friends 89 GT and his door moldings were the same way. It was like the stripe was part of the molding on the doors. And as far as I know the car had the original paint before we started on it. Don't half ass it by putting a black stripe over the red. I say, spend a little extra time, and give the moldings a fresh coat of SEM trim black. There is a great product called bulldog adhesion promoter that works good to help prep the moldings before paint.

 

MAC'n89Blckstng

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On a side note, I really like the silver bullits, may better than the anthracites IMO.

 

Metalcop

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You can still get either the red or black 3M striping from Graphic Express. They will sell you the correct width, and enough to do one car, plus a few extra feet, for mistakes! It is kind of a pain to apply, but as long as you are starting with a very clean surface, you should have no problems. The Ford color for red is actually called 'bittersweet red' for what its worth.

 

5.SL0W

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ide tape off the moldings and repaint them black personally.

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