Removing body side moulding

OY has black vinyl moldings attached only with adhesive. It is starting to come off in a few places, so I don't think it would take much to remove it completely. My concern is whether the paint will be a shade darker due to fading from the desert sun for 40 years. I suspect that it is original Mopar molding, as I have seen the same type on several other F's. Any pics of the entire side with the molding removed yet Raff?
 
old yellow 78 said:
OY has black vinyl moldings attached only with adhesive. It is starting to come off in a few places, so I don't think it would take much to remove it completely. My concern is whether the paint will be a shade darker due to fading from the desert sun for 40 years. I suspect that it is original Mopar molding, as I have seen the same type on several other F's. Any pics of the entire side with the molding removed yet Raff?
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Greetings OY, here is couple of pics with the molding removed. The area where the trim was is barley noticeable. You can feel the difference in the paint when you run your hand over it. Buffing the paint should take care of that.
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I'm glad that I found this post again. I wasn't sure where it was. I'm going to try to remove the side molding on OY when I get it back from my neighbor. I'm leery of using my heat gun near my paint, but I'll have to be very careful. I'm hoping the paint is not too different underneath due to years of exposure to desert sun.
 
WD 40 does a decent job of getting off the residue once removed. It doesn`t hurt the paint from my experience. It does take some rubbing but it is safer then using goof off or the other harsh crap.
 
Heat gun on low and the trim peeled right off. I just used a plastic scraper to give it a little nudge. All of the residue came off with the trim.
 
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