can anyone help i have purchased a brand new set of door mouldings and they will not stick to the doors very good and they are very rippley at the tops i have taken them off again and re taped them with no joy any ideas on fitting them properly and removing the rippley tops would be grateful as i am pulling my hair out with them ps the car as just had a full respray and it is the last thing to do on the car and shit mouldings will ruin the car thanks clark

 

If you brought them recently id take them back and see if they can get another set

 

i brought them off a pf member who had had them for about 4 years and not fitted them to is car due to him smashing the car up these where brand new and in the ford bags so i cannot blame him as they had never been out the bags thanks clark

 

Even new they were 4 years old... could have warped for some reason even when still packaged??

Maybe you should try a 2nd hand set. Anyway, when you say ripple, how so?

 

If it is warped good luck. You might be able to get it nice and hot with a heat gun.
I have found when removing these that either the moulding or the door will get damaged..

If you wish to still use them, you can pull off the tape that is on the back of them and get some 3m side moulding tape (body shop will have). That will stick just about anything to anything.

you might want to try just heating up the tape on the back before aplying it to the car. also, if it is fresh paint or waxed, you will want to use something to strip oils from the surface. such as Acetone (my fave!)


Where can you find these aftermarket? a couple of mine are starting to lift.

TF

 

thanks turbo flush and gravedigger i have a friend who works at ford and he says the mouldings are still listed but at a cost of Ł188 plus vat thanks again clark

 

Yah, an I am sure that was just the door strip. LOL
I checked on some mustang ones for my stang in the states and they wanted like 150$ for one door, and 50$+ for the other smaller pieces each!!

hence why most mustangs that are repainted dont have the moulding.
though I am curious why most repainted sierras, do have the moulding???? odd



TF