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Fixing door moulding
[ 25 February 2001 ]
I used 3M VHB (Very High Bond) acrylic foam tape #4930.
It is a 1/2" wide 25 mil thick acrylic foam tape
with a special A-30 family adhesive.
There is more info on it
here.
For a list of local distributors,
call 3M Industrial Tape and Specialties Division at
1-800-362-3550,
or go to:
http://www.3m.com/ehpd/purchasing/us_static_dist.jhtml
I called a local distributor and got the pricing.
It was somewhere in the high $70 for a 72 yds. roll.
I ended up getting
mine from an old-timer gti-vr6 lister who had bought a whole roll of
it and had some left over.
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This is what the moulding looks like when it's about to come off. |
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On my car, the stock moulding is held on with double sided tape
(probably 3M VHB 4930 tape!)
so I only need to peel the moulding off.
Using a rope in a "cheese cutter" style got the moulding off easily.
I have heard that on some cars, the moulding is held on with clips. Is that true? |
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Use a razor blade to slice the old tape off of the moulding.
Use an eraser to get the rest of the adhesive off.
Other folks have also reported that you can use a hair dryer to heat up the tape/goo to make removal easier. |
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Use contact cleaner to clean of any adhesive residue. (Rubbing alcohol is another popular solvent, though I find that it evaporates a tad too fast.) This is how clean the moulding should be before putting it back on. |
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This is how clean the body should be before putting the moulding back on.
(I think the hole is one of many that you can clip a replacement clip-on moulding into. The Potter People, Kristen and Mike, should have 'em. They come in black only and can be painted to match the car.) |
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Unroll the tape from the roll and stick it on the edges of the moulding.
Peel of the tape's paper backing. Apply the moulding to the body. BE VERY CAREFUL TO GET THE POSITIONING CORRECT ON THE FIRST TRY, BECAUSE THERE AIN'T NO "SECOND TRY" WHEN IT COMES TO 3M VHB TAPE: ONCE IT STICKS, IT STICKS!Press firmly. To help with alignment, eyeball the moulding on the "good" side to get a mental picture of the spacing at the edges of the moulding. |
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