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pre facelift door moldings colour coded
« on: 23 June 2009, 18:17:15 »
has anyone here had the black door moldings colour coded the same as their car  and if so can you post a pic of it please
i am thinking of getting it done this summer and want to see how it looks


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Re: pre facelift door moldings colour coded
« Reply #1 on: 23 June 2009, 19:01:16 »
Q: would you just spray over the chrome strips then?
I don't know if they come out or not :-?
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Re: pre facelift door moldings colour coded
« Reply #2 on: 23 June 2009, 19:45:28 »
You'd have to buy facelift strips tbh.

They are a right bitch to get off, even more of a pig to clean the door up afterwards!
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Re: pre facelift door moldings colour coded
« Reply #3 on: 23 June 2009, 19:45:47 »
For info, these strips cannot be reused
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Re: pre facelift door moldings colour coded
« Reply #4 on: 23 June 2009, 20:50:04 »
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You'd have to buy facelift strips tbh.

They are a right bitch to get off, even more of a pig to clean the door up afterwards!

Which can't be reused ? facelift ones or pre ?
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Re: pre facelift door moldings colour coded
« Reply #5 on: 23 June 2009, 20:52:43 »
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You'd have to buy facelift strips tbh.

They are a right bitch to get off, even more of a pig to clean the door up afterwards!

Which can't be reused ? facelift ones or pre ?
Either afaik. Prefacelift certainly can't, imagine facelift similar.

You will bend them beyond repair getting them off.
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Re: pre facelift door moldings colour coded
« Reply #6 on: 23 June 2009, 20:53:01 »
Around £50 each for prefacelift
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Re: pre facelift door moldings colour coded
« Reply #7 on: 23 June 2009, 20:56:05 »
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You'd have to buy facelift strips tbh.

They are a right bitch to get off, even more of a pig to clean the door up afterwards!

Which can't be reused ? facelift ones or pre ?
Either afaik. Prefacelift certainly can't, imagine facelift similar.

You will bend them beyond repair getting them off.


Seems to be a good trade in facelift ones on here second hand, must be a knack to getting them off or something.
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Re: pre facelift door moldings colour coded
« Reply #8 on: 23 June 2009, 20:58:23 »
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You'd have to buy facelift strips tbh.

They are a right bitch to get off, even more of a pig to clean the door up afterwards!

Which can't be reused ? facelift ones or pre ?
Either afaik. Prefacelift certainly can't, imagine facelift similar.

You will bend them beyond repair getting them off.


Seems to be a good trade in facelift ones on here second hand, must be a knack to getting them off or something.
Maybe the facelift ones only held on with clips in that case, rather than stuck like prefacelift  :-/
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Re: pre facelift door moldings colour coded
« Reply #9 on: 23 June 2009, 20:59:53 »
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You'd have to buy facelift strips tbh.

They are a right bitch to get off, even more of a pig to clean the door up afterwards!

Which can't be reused ? facelift ones or pre ?
Either afaik. Prefacelift certainly can't, imagine facelift similar.

You will bend them beyond repair getting them off.


Seems to be a good trade in facelift ones on here second hand, must be a knack to getting them off or something.
Maybe the facelift ones only held on with clips in that case, rather than stuck like prefacelift  :-/
Face lift are clips and a screw at each end
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Re: pre facelift door moldings colour coded
« Reply #10 on: 23 June 2009, 21:12:48 »
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You'd have to buy facelift strips tbh.

They are a right bitch to get off, even more of a pig to clean the door up afterwards!

Which can't be reused ? facelift ones or pre ?
Either afaik. Prefacelift certainly can't, imagine facelift similar.

You will bend them beyond repair getting them off.


Seems to be a good trade in facelift ones on here second hand, must be a knack to getting them off or something.
Maybe the facelift ones only held on with clips in that case, rather than stuck like prefacelift  :-/
Face lift are clips and a screw at each end
Thats easier! :y
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Re: pre facelift door moldings colour coded
« Reply #11 on: 24 June 2009, 10:40:42 »
Took advantage of the hot weather yesterday and took all my prefacelift ones off in 5 mins  ;D its true though - they are all bent from pulling them off. Just got to clean the glue off the doors before fitting the facelifts now. Dechromed the bumpers whilst i was at it.
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Re: pre facelift door moldings colour coded
« Reply #12 on: 24 June 2009, 22:32:12 »
If i fitted facelift door strips to my pre face lift would it not look odd unless i changed the bumpers too ?

anyone done it and got a photo?

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Re: pre facelift door moldings colour coded
« Reply #13 on: 25 June 2009, 10:20:18 »
Hey,

Well, from a stylists point of view, the pre-facelift front bumper appears to protrude out alot, whereas the facelifts looks flatter on the car. (its in reality doesnt, its a trick of the designer) But once you've taken off the chrome front and rear, I'd say it would look great!

Only thing I would say is plenty of high-build primer, or similar, to get rid of the grained surface of the original bumpers. Painted rough plastic not a good look.  ;)

Have you tried looking in the gallery? I'd imaging there are several guys/gals on here that've already done it.
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Re: pre facelift door moldings colour coded
« Reply #14 on: 25 June 2009, 10:20:30 »
Im in the process of doing it, should look ok if you pull out the chrome strips from the bumpers. Will stick a pic up once im finished (next week probably), i eventually want to change the bumpers to irmscher or some custom ones, so should fit in even better then lol
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