hi everyone i just bought an 04 g35 coupe. i already started doin some mods but i have the ugly door moldings that go down the side of the car. i want to get rid of them. should i have it done professionally or is something i can do myself. is there any paint damage when you take them off. the car is black. i searched and didn't see anything on the site accept that majority thinks like i do to get rid of them. any info is appreciated. thanks

 

Take it to the shop and have them do it. I am not to sure how they are applied but I know my 04 G did not come with them thank god!

 

its double sided tape I believe, so some floss or fishing line and a hair dryer will be sufficient to remove them, along with some goo gone for the leftover adhesive

 

being black, I would bet that there will be visable line where it once was, after all it is 3 yrs old, and being so narrow as the molding is. Good luck. Can bet a $100, within one day of its removal, U will have a door ding...

 

yep.

yep.

 

You don't really even need a heat gun. Just leave the car parked in the summer sun for a few hours then slowly peel them off. That's what I did with mine. There was a slight line showing the outline of the molding once I pulled them off, but after a couple of washes and waxing the car, the lines have now completely disappeared and you can not tell that they were ever there. I had mine on my car for about 2 years before I removed them.

 

My 04 did not have them either...I think they came on sedans??? They are UGLY and don't know why infiniti did that...I would take them off the second I got the car....just re-read...you have a coupe??? when did they start putting them on??? late 04???

 

They're an option that's not very common. Some dealerships slap them on and then add another $200 to the bottom line.

 

yep

 

lol listen guys stop giving him a hard time... but seriously, if you really don't know or don't trust yourself, just have it done at a shop...

but as others have mentioned, since it's a 3yr old car, the paint right undernearth might show a bit darker since it hasnt been exposed to sunlight unlike the rest of the car... paint fade

 

im taking mine off ttoo

 

hmm.. i like mine.. the car looks fat without it IMO

 

i just took mine off no more than 2 weeks ago and if u rush u will peel off some of the clear coat.. maybe even ur paint, however it is VERY and i mean VERY easy to peel them off. Hair dryer, WD40, and some patience did the trick for me, mine is an 04 IP and it was a tad yellow where the moldings were however i washed my car once and waxed it seems to have blended with the whole car. Don't sweat it, just go on a warm/ Warmer day *the colder the harder it is to heat the molding and the more chances of the molding accidently pulling out too fast and peeling from of the clear coat* with a hair dryer in one hand and wd40 in the other, spray the wd40 give it about 5 mins, use a screwdriver wraped in a cloth to get the edge off and then it's all hand on from there, warm a bit at a time and slowly and gently peel, repeat the process as many times as needed. It's good bonding time with the G . use bug and tar remover after, then wax, and then dry. that's about it.

 

sorry to resurrect an old thread but I recently bought an 04 coupe DG and want to take off the moldings, with a few washes and waxes will I be lucky enough to not notice the line left from the lack of sun exposure seeing as it's 7 years old

 

Yes you should be able to get rid of the line, I did it on my 03 LR a few weeks after I bought it in june of 2010 and the line were barely visible before wash and wax...

All that is needed is heat gun, fishing line, and goo gone

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