Need Advice Re: Door Side Moulding Removal on 2000 Mustang GT

SilverStallion

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I need advice from you guys regarding moving the stuck on door side mouldings that are on my 2000 Mustang GT.
The car has original paint and has been garage kept - mouldings have been on since day one. It is now a show car and likely has roughly 75+ coats of Zaino, 7 or 8 Klasse AIO, and the same in Klasse SG. All products have been applied by hand.

The mouldings are the factory issue colour coded pieces shown in the following pics.:



My questions are:
1) Will there be an obvious mark where the moulding is if I remove it?

2) Will the paint be faded under the moulding?

3) How do I do it; dental floss behind the moulding?

Please keep in mind that this is a show car that does compete in shows that are judged on paint quality.
Any suggestions would be appreciated as there is a big show this weekend, and I was going to remove them tomorrow.
~Darren

 

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twogts4us

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With these concerns in mind, I'd leave them in place - but, and no offense, they are butt ugly. The rest of the car is gorgeous!
Removing them will likely leave 'tan lines' where they once were.

 

BAFMustangGT

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WTF?!? Those are nasty as a ****ing BITCH!

 

YardSpecial

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Called a FLEET option, my 02 has the dam things on there also.

I would leave them on there for now.

PAY a quality shop to remove them and re blend the doors.

 

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Well i just removed them from my 2000 Black GT and it was easy to do ... and you cant even tell. p.s. all i did is get a hold of the edge of them and pull them off ... if you pull down and away all the tape comes off ... if not just use your finger nail.... nothing to worry about really

 

crew_dawg16

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a heat gun would make it easier to do, and with your color i doubt that you would be able to tell a difference. The paint underneath would not be faded, the rest of your paint would be faded.

 

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I say pull em. You wont see the color change on silver, and even if you did it'd look a lot better than those nasty things!

 

GT-03

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I read an ad for a Mustang for sale the other day, and the seller actually felt his Mustang was worth a lot more because it had those "rare" factory body side moldings.

 

SilverStallion

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Ok, after a lot of follow up work and paint prep early Sat. morning, the mouldings are off and it looks perfect. In fact, took first place in a large show yesterday.
Here is it looks now:




The Klasse AIO and Klasse GG with P21S Concours Carnuba did the job perfectly.

~Darren

 

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madmatt

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Glad you finally got them off with no ill effects. Your car looks magnificent man. Congrats on the first place.

 

crew_dawg16

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looks great man, glad you decided to take them off

 

YardSpecial

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Looks GOOD !!