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Old 03-07-2016, 04:17 PM
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Hi all! here!

Has anyone tried/been successful with or know how to remove the chrome window surround from the car?

I would like to remove it to wrap it in gloss black (no night package in the UK!! )

I know its possible to wrap whilst on the car, but if a jobs worth doing, it is worth doing properly!

Cheers all!
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I feel you buddy. I am also thinking of wrapping my front lip in gloss black but was contemplating on whether I shall get the lip removed to get em installed. Don't want it to look funny a couple of months after getting it wrapped.
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I imagine the window surround is quite easy to remove, as with the front lip, but I would hate to be in the position where easy to remove also means broken and a trip to the dealers...
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Hi all, also UK based and at the fact night package is not available. What a silly decision (aren't the cars built in the same factory!) I will be plasti dipping my windows surrounds, but would prefer to do so off the car.
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There has to be a way, but I just don't want to go all gung ho and have to limp into the dealers or buy new surrounds! I know wrapping/plasti-dipping on the car is possible, but removal would just make it so much easier!
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Originally Posted by Fraser Akehurst
There has to be a way, but I just don't want to go all gung ho and have to limp into the dealers or buy new surrounds! I know wrapping/plasti-dipping on the car is possible, but removal would just make it so much easier!
Amen. We are in the same boat haha. I am also going to be changing my front grill to a diamond grill. But most likely will be having MB do that for me. Removal of the chrome surrounds is probably the extent to which my handy skills will go haha.
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From my experience wrapping my whole car, the driver's side for some reason is the hardest to remove. It's very easy to break/bend. So I ended up leaving them on. So, my 2 cents is to wrap while they're on the car. There's so much risk.

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