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Author want to remove my side strips.....help plz
DannyE2010
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26th May 10 at 09:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
haw would i go about doing this?? thanks
Drift_Erm
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i thought it left marks or there were clips or holes underneath??? may be wrong though.
K2 GTi
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26th May 10 at 10:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
pull it off - leaves marks
K2 GTi
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you will have to fill in each hole on the door - mission
barter
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think your rite mate,think theres holes for clips underneath.

i no on vectras the door dipped in behind the strips not notice-able until taken off.
Aleex
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26th May 10 at 10:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
huh just glue that holds them on? heat gun, credit card? go crazy
DannyE2010
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26th May 10 at 10:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i thought it was just glue too...?lol
K2 GTi
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26th May 10 at 11:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
no its not glue its clips that clip into holes in your doors.
nathy_87
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Some are, some Aren't.

Just prise them off gentley (if you want to put them back on at some point) heat them up (hairdryer), then get a credit card to help lift it off, then wax/polish after.
Aleex
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26th May 10 at 11:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
are we talking about a corsa b, yes? if so its just glue, there are no holes!
K2 GTi
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well on my corsa b there was holes.... or maybe that was my 106 gti actually.. coming to think about it, lol
Aleex
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lol. well ive never known a 'b' to have holes behind the sidestrips, however if im wrong, then fair enough.
nathy_87
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K2.

wouldnt be any difference between Pre/Post '97 would there?

What reg is your Corsa Danny?
corse-seth
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theres no difference between pre and post 97, use some petrol to get the glue off after and happy days
Aleex
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26th May 10 at 11:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
danny just go for it. stick a credit card behind the strip and prize a corner off slowly and gently. you will be able to tell if there any holes ( which there wont be ) if there is, just stop what your doing.
kazazza
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there were no holes behind my corsa b merit, or my corsa sports bump strips. Go for it mate.
Aleex
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26th May 10 at 11:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by K2 GTi
well on my corsa b there was holes.... or maybe that was my 106 gti actually.. coming to think about it, lol


nathy_87
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26th May 10 at 11:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
So tools needed;

Hairdryer
Credit Card
White Spirit
Wax/Polish

Carefully heat up the plastic you want to remove, until you can see it slacking, (don't hold the hairdryer there for a long time keep going forth and back on it)

Once loose, start slowly prising it off with your credit card.

Do this until it's all off.

As with the waxing and polishing, you may have to do more than just the rub strips as the paint won't match, with the rest of the car.


Take phots if you do it, and put in the tutorial section.
K2 GTi
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26th May 10 at 11:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Aleex
quote:
Originally posted by K2 GTi
well on my corsa b there was holes.... or maybe that was my 106 gti actually.. coming to think about it, lol




Drift_Erm
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26th May 10 at 11:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hmm down the scrap yard, im sure i saw a corsa, with its side strip pulled off with my mate, and im sure it had hole? or something there that could be rid of with ease, as it was enough to put him off removing the one on his Sport
LeeM
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is it the silver b in your pic? i doubt silver will have any problems with the paint match
wakey1512
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26th May 10 at 15:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
post 97 definately has no holes behind the strips
sri_baby
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none have holes behind them ???? just pull them off and get sum tar and glue remover
belton
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Non have holes do you really think vauxhall would make two different types? If you look in the part by your headlight switch there is a bung where the fog light switch should be from a gsi. They will never pay more than the have to
Fro
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26th May 10 at 16:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
None have holes but some have indents on the rear quarter where they go. My sport and a couple cars i have broken for dad have been like this.

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