is there anything that holds the trim on other then some sticky glue? im going to be taking it off next week. Any sudgestions are welcome. I plan to use some floss and slide it back and forth behind it.

 

Nothing fancy holding it on, just the sticky double sided closed cell foam tape stuff. I used a wax and grease remover to get the rest of the glue residue off after the trim was removed. It took me about 3 hours to get it all off. There might be a better way than how I did it.

first I pulled the trim off. Then I used a razor blade to get the little tape strips off. Then I used the Wax and grease remover.

 

How old is your truck? The reason I ask is because I removed my door molding (trim) when the truck was 6 months old. The glue was still relatively soft. All I did was start pulling and the molding came off with no issues. I used some WD-40 afterwards to get rid of the remaining glue on the body and it rubbed off easily. After that, I applied some wax in the area and the truck looked awesome! One of the easiest and rewarding "mod" I did to my truck.

 

i can tell you that i removed mine about 2 years ago, and it was a PITA! the trim comes off easy, its the double sided tape that is the culprit. but i refused to take any kind of tool to my paint, so just used my thumbs, and a lot of patience.

took me around 2 hours each side, my thumbs still hurt...

 

I used the fishing line method myself and it worked out great for me. I then used 3M general purpose adhesive remover to get the 2 sided tape residue off, it actually went pretty quickly IIRC. I did it during the summer time while it was hot outside, which helps make the adhesive residue removal easier. My truck is black and was 7 years old when I debadged it...you can kinda see the outlines of where the mouldings used to be but it still looks better than the mouldings.

 

Thanks for talking about the fade budhayes3. That is one thing I'm worried about with mine being 10 years old. You wouldn't happen to have pic's showing how noticeable it is would you? I would like to think Black would show it worse then Gray would.

 

If you buff the area it shouldnt be a problem, I removed them on my 14 year old camaro with the origional paint, and they were noticeable but i used some rubbing compound and buffed it out, It came out great.

 

Like 95 bright teal said -- you can buff it and never be able to tell where the trim was. Basically what the issue is that the area that was under the moldings was never exposed, so all the swirls, fading, and contamination that hit the rest of the paint over the years never touched that area.

You just need to do a basic cleanup and polish to get the areas to match. Depending on the severity of the difference you might need the aid of a machine. If you don't want to invest is a buffer then a cheap alternative is our 4" foam pads with the cordless drill adapter... simply hooks up to your drill and away you go!

http://www.adamspolishes.com/p-430-a...g-kit-new.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwZ2Tw9OrRo