First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Try using a heat gun. Keep it moving back and forth until the adhesive softens. Then start pulling it off and working your way down the molding with the heat gun. Remember to use a pair of leather gloves!!
Kj Sent from my iPhone On Sep 23, 2009, at 11:04 AM, "karl emerick" <[email protected]> wrote: First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... body men should chime in here but... Do NOT use a putty knife. generally, you use a piece of piano wire or unbraided guitar string (probably around .030 - thinner than the adhesive but strong enough to cut and not break). wrap it around a couple socket extension bars and pull it thru with a ''back and forth sawing motion". paint damage is common either with the removal process or the solvent to dissolve the adhesive. karl ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Dominick" <[email protected]> To: "First Generation Firebird-L" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [FGF] Body Moldings First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Stu, Thanks for the reply. That's what I thought/knew. But they are so exactly the same from car to car that it seems the moldings were probably applied (mostly) by the dealer. But the question is, does anyone know how to get the moldings off? (I really don't like the way they look.) Dan 68 Sprint Convertible Subject: Re: [FGF] Body Moldings From: "Stu Langer" <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:51:50 -0500 Dan, There were never any factory installed side moldings on our cars. It's all aftermarket stuff. It was a very popular thing in the 60's and 70's to add them. Some dealers even installed them on new cars. Stu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Dominick" <[email protected]> To: "First Generation Firebird-L" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 8:40 AM Subject: [FGF] Body Moldings First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Hi listers, As I look for the "perfect" 68 for the daily driver, I keep coming across cars with door molding on the crease. Two of the three I have owned have had it and several I see that are supposed to be original paint have it. I've never seen in any literature that Pontiac did that, so I am guessing that it is a dealer applied thing. Anyone know for sure? Also, anyone know how to remove it without tearing off the paint (I removed it from both the cars of mine that had it, but that was on the way to new paint and it really ripped off the paint underneath-of course I just grabbed and pulled!). Dan 68 Sprint Convertible ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/>
