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Removing door trims

Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2018 9:00 pm
by snrbrtsn
Does or has anyone ever pulled the door trims or know how these are fixed to the doors?
I’m thinking of removing prior to the polishing routine?

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Re: Removing door trims

Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 7:55 am
by celica
Not sure but that looks amazing

I need to go over mine with a polisher but the bmw black paint is so hard !

Re: Removing door trims

Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:44 am
by snrbrtsn
[quote="celica"]
Not sure but that looks amazing

I need to go over mine with a polisher but the bmw black paint is so hard !
[/quote]

Many thanks surprisingly easily kept!

Would be nice to remove the trims

Re: Removing door trims

Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 5:52 pm
by Pinewood
[quote="snrbrtsn"]
[quote="celica"]
Not sure but that looks amazing

I need to go over mine with a polisher but the bmw black paint is so hard !
[/quote]

Many thanks surprisingly easily kept!

Would be nice to remove the trims
[/quote]Most slide on from previous 3 series E46 jiggery poker. Imagine the same on X's.
As a suggestion, why not mask them off before polishing commences?

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Re: Removing door trims

Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 8:12 pm
by snrbrtsn
Answering my own question
I done some rummaging around the inter web tonight, seems they are glued on with double sided tape, no locating pins, very brittle and normally break on removing........
Dahm!

Anyways, the reason for removal was after last polishing ritual, it took forever removing the residue in the gaps, though no tape was used as the trims were polished with a 2” pad, better borrow the child’s cotton buds again....

Re: Removing door trims

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2018 12:22 am
by Bmwobsessed
Just soak the trims with panel wipe or a solvent then the trims will come off easy. Make sure you shut tin foil in the door shut over the sill so you don’t melt the grip tape on the skirts.

Good luck

Sam.