Chrome trim removal(how I did it)

[ctrujill]

This is how I removed the chrome trim from the bottom of your car. After I removed the trim I used a little Goo-Gone and waxed it. It came out great.

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[dewydang]

no heat gun?

[AkaSigFreak]

Ouch! Fishing Line or Dental floss is so much safer for your paint.
Heat lightly with a hairdryer and saw back and forth with the line.

[ctrujill]

I am sorry I didn't tell you.. it was a hot day and I let my car set out for a couple of hours. I didn't have a scratch doing it this way.

[popp]

Silly Rabbit!......... Trix are for kids!

All you need is GOO-GONE. Simply apply it to the trim, let it sit for 5 minutes and then simply pull on the trim or you can use fishing line. Then apply some more goo gone to the left over glue, and wait 5 minutes. Then wipe with a cloth and the glue will "melt" off. GOO Gone is orange based so it is safe for your paint....... Eazy Peazy!

[Doanster]

Everybody has their own method for this so whatever works for you, I say.
I basically did the same thing as ctrujill, but used a plastic spackle knife w/ blue painter's tape on the end. This was after futile attempts w/ floss. All I needed to do was get the strip start to back off w/ the spackle knife and then just peeled the rest off slowly. Bottom line, doesn't matter what you use/do to get it off. Everyone will have to break out the polish because there WILL be an outline from the embedded dirt over time...

[MBRedux]

Originally Posted by Doanster

Everybody has their own method for this so whatever works for you, I say.

As long as you don't try this method!

[DonjuanOriginal]

Yikes a pry bar!! I advise that's not for everyone. Heat gun and Fishing line. Goo-gone is good glue remover.

[MBRedux]

Originally Posted by DonjuanOriginal

Goo-gone is good glue remover.

But pure Naphtha (Home Depot) is far better and cheaper per pint!



Will not harm plastic, paint, rubber, glass, etc, etc.

[ctrujill]

Wow... I didn't think I would get the criticism that I got. I have to tell you that there isn't a blemish from the trim tools that I used. The trim was warm and it came off quite easily. I am sure that all of your methods work fine also. But this method worked great. Haters got to hate.

[MBRedux]

Originally Posted by ctrujill

Wow... I didn't think I would get the criticism that I got. I have to tell you that there isn't a blemish from the trim tools that I used. The trim was warm and it came off quite easily. I am sure that all of your methods work fine also. But this method worked great. Haters got to hate.

No haters.... just fellow car lovers that wish you (and your car) no harm! Glad it worked for you... now if I tried it your way, the cosmos karma mantra-suma (or something) would go crazy and it would get all f*cked up... but that's just me!

PS The only real difference is that it appears from the pic (I may be wrong) that you may have bent the trim a little?&%$@#? The other method protects from such damage.

Either way, how about posting a pix of the whole car without the trim looking red hot and sexy?

[C300Sport]

Originally Posted by ctrujill

Wow... I didn't think I would get the criticism that I got. I have to tell you that there isn't a blemish from the trim tools that I used. The trim was warm and it came off quite easily. I am sure that all of your methods work fine also. But this method worked great. Haters got to hate.

I actually have those exact nylon/plastic trim bars from Harbour Freight and they work well. The actual bar it self is non marring but I think others concerns are of putting too much pressure at any one point on the car or the trim. Of course if you leave any grit or grime on the car, that may be ground into the paint as well.
I personally am a gentle use of heat gun with fishing line followed up with Goo Gone kinda guy.