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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Anthony in Madrid on 11 October 2014, 18:05:55
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Hi Guys
I'm ready to get your input on a near future project which will be part of the winter mods on my old lady.
I want to remove the chrome strips on black door strips as to me they look odd as I have lost both front and back bumper strips.
Two questions..
1. Do they come of easy? I mean the whole black trim?
2. The groove where the chrome strips go...Can that be filled with a filler then sprayed do you think?
Just fishing for opinions now as I'm going to respray the car but want to not have any chrome on the furniture.
So left alone with showing groove (but same colour as car or left black)?
If you aren't sure what I'm talking about I want this effect on mine...
(http://www.fotothing.com/photos/35e/35ec44856d440743e6e7ab0d074fe3df.jpg)
Mika says his side strips weren't with the chrome. I thought PFL models all had the chrome strips.
Best regards
Cheers Ant :y
Thanks
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My pre-face lift (AKA Mini Face Lift I believe) certainly has chrome strips. Here is the old girl, looking not too shabby at present :y
I would be interested to hear how the door strips come off as I may need to remove one to address a tad of rust at the bottom of O/S Rear door >:(
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z436/andybeddoes/3.jpg)
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My pre-face lift (AKA Mini Face Lift I believe) certainly has chrome strips. Here is the old girl, looking not too shabby at present :y
I would be interested to hear how the door strips come off as I may need to remove one to address a tad of rust at the bottom of O/S Rear door >:(
(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z436/andybeddoes/3.jpg)
Not to get off the subject of my post but nice looking car amigo! :y
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they are held with strong tape and clips that trim slides onto--very hard to remove without damaging them
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Greetings guys, I recently have removed both types of door strip. Facelift ones are held in place with a screw either end and then slide to release the clips that are attached to the strip, easy to do once door card is removed.
The Mini facelift are a little harder. As has been said they are held in place with bonding tape strips, top and bottom, and two clips towards each end. To remove you need to break the bond, here's how I did it. Use a wide wall scraper and gently ease between tape and strip (bottom first) you will be able to feel it. It is then possible to ease /slide the scraper along the length of the strip, do it in stages. Once the lower edge is done tackle the top edge in the same way, always keeping the scraper between the tape and the strip. Keeping the scraper at a shallow angle will mean this can bee done without damaging the paint work. Once free of the tape slide to remove the clips from their recesses .To remove the old tape you the need to use a Toffee wheel No I'm not kidding. It's a wheel that is the colour of Caramac, fits into a drill and is a none aggressive, even smells like toffee too :y
To replace the strips, clean up side that sticks to car and spray with a rust preventer, I used Bilt-Himber Electrox . Then run two lines of your favourite bonding agent, I used Tiger Seal and re-apply. The two clips will hold it, just put some tape either end till fully bonded.
I managed to get mine off with no damage to either paint or strip. Just take your time
Then stand back and congratulate your self on a job well done. :y :y
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Greetings guys, I recently have removed both types of door strip. Facelift ones are held in place with a screw either end and then slide to release the clips that are attached to the strip, easy to do once door card is removed.
The Mini facelift are a little harder. As has been said they are held in place with bonding tape strips, top and bottom, and two clips towards each end. To remove you need to break the bond, here's how I did it. Use a wide wall scraper and gently ease between tape and strip (bottom first) you will be able to feel it. It is then possible to ease /slide the scraper along the length of the strip, do it in stages. Once the lower edge is done tackle the top edge in the same way, always keeping the scraper between the tape and the strip. Keeping the scraper at a shallow angle will mean this can bee done without damaging the paint work. Once free of the tape slide to remove the clips from their recesses .To remove the old tape you the need to use a Toffee wheel No I'm not kidding. It's a wheel that is the colour of Caramac, fits into a drill and is a none aggressive, even smells like toffee too :y
To replace the strips, clean up side that sticks to car and spray with a rust preventer, I used Bilt-Himber Electrox . Then run two lines of your favourite bonding agent, I used Tiger Seal and re-apply. The two clips will hold it, just put some tape either end till fully bonded.
I managed to get mine off with no damage to either paint or strip. Just take your time
Then stand back and congratulate your self on a job well done. :y :y
Awesome Roland!!
Thanks a bunch!!! :y
Ant
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I would imagine some heat from a gun would make this a lot easier by melting the adhesive and maybe reduce chances of damaging paint, I swapped to facelift door strips rather than replaced the grey plastic ones on my old mfl
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See this is what I was planning, doing FL strips... as I understood it (having tried it) it is impossible to get the PFL strips off intact. This has made me wonder whether I should go down the route of sticking original or not, now.... hmm.... :y
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Just rip them off and fit facelift ones :y
Shop carefully and get them in the correct colour, and you'll get the desired effect for next to no effort :y
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That's the plan! ;)
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I did it on my old Elite and was happy with it
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u134/jdbefc/012.jpg) (http://s167.photobucket.com/user/jdbefc/media/012.jpg.html)(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u134/jdbefc/010.jpg) (http://s167.photobucket.com/user/jdbefc/media/010.jpg.html)
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Very nice :) Also FL rear bumper, which was what I was going to do as a cost-effective alternative to an Irmscher one :y
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Dont like it , begins to look like an astra ::) ;D :P Each to their own of course :y
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Is Emd not a fan of the facelift Omega look then? :y
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Is Emd not a fan of the facelift Omega look then? :y
Not really ::) ;D ;D
Tried some thin wire to get a damaged door trim of once , ended up just ripping it off ... wouldnt recommend it but worked for me :-X
oh and parked the car near a wall , applied tiger seal to strip then wedged some wood between wall and car trim till it went off
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Dont like it , begins to look like an astra ::) ;D :P Each to their own of course :y
Don't worry that one got severely front and back after I sold it to another member :'( Best Omega I ever did own that was. I did colour code the washer jets and add smoked repeaters which improved it further.
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Still prefer the pfl shape and interior , especially of the MV ... pfl bumpers are becoming hard to get now :( and the trim
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.... I did colour code the washer jets and ....
I think I must've been the only one to get shut of my bonnet mounted washers & go with the facelift washers in the scuttle :y
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Greetings guys, I recently have removed both types of door strip. Facelift ones are held in place with a screw either end and then slide to release the clips that are attached to the strip, easy to do once door card is removed.
The Mini facelift are a little harder. As has been said they are held in place with bonding tape strips, top and bottom, and two clips towards each end. To remove you need to break the bond, here's how I did it. Use a wide wall scraper and gently ease between tape and strip (bottom first) you will be able to feel it. It is then possible to ease /slide the scraper along the length of the strip, do it in stages. Once the lower edge is done tackle the top edge in the same way, always keeping the scraper between the tape and the strip. Keeping the scraper at a shallow angle will mean this can bee done without damaging the paint work. Once free of the tape slide to remove the clips from their recesses .To remove the old tape you the need to use a Toffee wheel No I'm not kidding. It's a wheel that is the colour of Caramac, fits into a drill and is a none aggressive, even smells like toffee too :y
To replace the strips, clean up side that sticks to car and spray with a rust preventer, I used Bilt-Himber Electrox . Then run two lines of your favourite bonding agent, I used Tiger Seal and re-apply. The two clips will hold it, just put some tape either end till fully bonded.
I managed to get mine off with no damage to either paint or strip. Just take your time
Then stand back and congratulate your self on a job well done. :y :y
Awesome Roland!!
Thanks a bunch!!! :y
Ant
You're welcome :y
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Just rip them off and fit facelift ones :y
Shop carefully and get them in the correct colour, and you'll get the desired effect for next to no effort :y
Arethe FL ones compatible?
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Just rip them off and fit facelift ones :y
Shop carefully and get them in the correct colour, and you'll get the desired effect for next to no effort :y
Arethe FL ones compatible?
Yup :y can also swap the whole door over if yours are a bit rusty...