Painting the 'Trim'
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RE: Painting the 'Trim'
Cool, finally managed to find somebody wanting to do the same as me. My '98 civic 1.4i Hatch is a light metallic blue colour - pretty girly at the minute tbh. I'm thinking that if I can colour-code the trim strips it'd look much smarter, along with some nice KEI Kruze black-spoked alloys.
I've been wondering about the trim strips and how they can be removed, but it seems like one of those mods that seem to be a bit of a gamble. You basically have to decide whether its worth possibly snapping the clips, for a better looking car. I'm still in two minds whether its worth it. I may try it, but I wanna make sure I can get hold of the same paint code as the rest of the car uses first! Also what about the front and rear bump strips on the bumpers? I presume these just pull off with a bit of encouragement?
I'm also thinking about doing the mirrors, and possibly the side skirts to complete the look. I resprayed a friends mirrors on his Vauxhall Corsa a while back, as he bought some replacement ones from a scrapyard b'cos the glass was broken in the originals. We did a decent job, but with my mate being a cheapskate - he wasnt willing to buy an extra can of laquer which would have really finished the job off perfectly. Am pretty confident in doing it again, but how do I remove them from the car? I'm thinking a Haynes manual would be helpful...any one know if theres an online workshop manual for this car floating about anywhere?
Lastly, does anybody know how the side skirts come off? I'll have a look later, but I'm thinking it will be bolts holding them on rather than clips, which is probably a good thing. All I'm worried about is making sure that anything removed from the car will go back on without much trouble.
=chris=
I've been wondering about the trim strips and how they can be removed, but it seems like one of those mods that seem to be a bit of a gamble. You basically have to decide whether its worth possibly snapping the clips, for a better looking car. I'm still in two minds whether its worth it. I may try it, but I wanna make sure I can get hold of the same paint code as the rest of the car uses first! Also what about the front and rear bump strips on the bumpers? I presume these just pull off with a bit of encouragement?
I'm also thinking about doing the mirrors, and possibly the side skirts to complete the look. I resprayed a friends mirrors on his Vauxhall Corsa a while back, as he bought some replacement ones from a scrapyard b'cos the glass was broken in the originals. We did a decent job, but with my mate being a cheapskate - he wasnt willing to buy an extra can of laquer which would have really finished the job off perfectly. Am pretty confident in doing it again, but how do I remove them from the car? I'm thinking a Haynes manual would be helpful...any one know if theres an online workshop manual for this car floating about anywhere?
Lastly, does anybody know how the side skirts come off? I'll have a look later, but I'm thinking it will be bolts holding them on rather than clips, which is probably a good thing. All I'm worried about is making sure that anything removed from the car will go back on without much trouble.
=chris=
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RE: Painting the 'Trim'
for the sides there are screws under your car holding the skirt to your car, you need to take thos off and yes the skirts do clip onto your car as well so your going to have to slowly pull the skirt away from once you got all the screws off and you will here and feel it start to pop out, pull close to the clip that your getting out so you dont brake the skirt
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