dealership does rip them off.

you get paid like an hour to replace side moldings.
you think you're gonna take an hour to replace 'em? no, you'd yank them off and have the job done in 20 mins, get paid an hours worth and move onto another project that payes you 4 hours but you do in 2.5.

mechanics are about money, not doing it the right way, get it done, and out of there.

rip 'em off. ain't gonna do shit. it's plastic

westcoast should've atleast built his motor the right way and put a block guard in. :fawk: sorry man. i couldn't resist!

 

wned:

I talked to an actual motor builder last night and he said the same thing as I did about the block guard. h:

I trust that guy...

 

bumnah was and others with similar views were RIGHT.. i called a friend of a friend at a dealership... and said "when replacing side moldings do you go from inside the car" and he said and i quote.."yeah right that would take forever" so i did it the pull way and it worked GREAT and took like 15 minutes TOTAL... VERY easy... and it looks great.. im VERY happy with it.. will post pics sooon

 

who in their right mind would remove those modelings other than yanking them off!

 

I stand corrected, but I myself would still never do it that way. I'm big enough to admit when I'm wrong.

 

just cause the dealer does ti that way doesn't make it right.. the RIGHT way is to do it from the inside.. but the reality is NOONE profesional including the dealer is gonna waste the time doing it because the end result is IDENTICAL.. and the "right way" is much MUCH more time consuming thats all....

just thought id letyou all know ripping them off seemed to really work fine.. it made a lot of scarey noises.. but no problems..

 

:thumbup:

Glad you got the result you were looking for. Let's see some pics of those new thin moldings.

 

I WIN!

SUCK IT WESTCOAST! :fawk:

 

Assholes, I wish I still had my side moldings. I miss them.

 

So if you were going to paint your moldings and replace them, would you take them off from the inside, or still pry them off from the outside?