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how easy is this? :)

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:15 pm
by russell1990
Hay i have a sxi 2000 plate. how do i get the black door strips off? on my old 1994 5door it lit pealed off :lol: but i think at a guess this is more than stuck on. whats the best way around taking this off?

cheers :)

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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:39 pm
by jar_jar89
pretty sure its exactly the same m8...just the adhesive will probs be a newer stronger bonding one...or just the same. But it is new and so stuck on better; use a hairdryer and hot water to heat up the glue then use a free credit card wannabe to lift the plastic away from the adhesive....then let it cool and peel the rest of the strip off is wat i been told...then tar and bug remover on the adhesive menna be good at gettin it off.

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Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:01 pm
by danthemann
i still have some of the sticky black crap on mine...used bit of t-cut and its coming away nicely..just need bit more time at it and job done.

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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:32 pm
by inliner_04
I thought they clipped on in some way, and that if you removed them then you ended up with holes in your door? i saw someone recently who had had a crash and the plastic had come off, and where it used to be there were holes that looked like the strip was riveted too or something

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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:41 pm
by danthemann
no the corsa rubstrips are just glued on.

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Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:11 pm
by jar_jar89
saxo ones are clipped on...dont know bout others. Most are glued though.

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Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:50 pm
by Kent Girl
Does anyone know anywhere where i could buy colour coded door strips?

Re: how easy is this? :)

Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:15 pm
by inliner_04
Kent Girl wrote:Does anyone know anywhere where i could buy colour coded door strips?
I would say the easiest way would probably be to take your own door strips off, and buy a can of the right colour paint from your local vauxhall garage and spray it yourself

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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:34 pm
by Kent Girl
yeh i think thats what im going to do. do u know if they are easy to get off?

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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:45 pm
by green_machine
yeah the corsa b ones are glued on, the corsa C ones are the ones you cant really take off. oh by the way dan, you can get this stuff from asda called sticky stuff remover. thats what i used when i took the rub strips and badges off of my old corsa. cost like 3 squid. wipe the stuff on all the left over adhesive, leave it for 5-10 mins then it just peels off. as for the red sidelights mate, i had them on my old corsa lol, got pulled for that. looks wicked though haha. the cops thought the front of my car was the back, and that i was driving on the wrong side of the road :lol: i only got a £30 fine for it though, i left them in

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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:59 am
by benhomer737
im going to be taking mine off at some point today.....wish me luck

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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:03 am
by hoody99
if u have bother gettin them off steal ur mum or sisters (if u have 1) hair dryer and heat them up a bit sofftens the glue