Question for anybody who removed the door moldings

I have been wanting to remove the door moldings for quite a while but I keep hearing horror stories about bubbles in the clear coat under the molding. I also hear that the paint will not match because everything has been exposed to the sun for a long time but under the door moldings havent. For anybody that has done this, what was your experience? Mine is an '06 so I really am worried about the paint not matching anymore but by the time I find out, its too late because the moldings are off. I know I talked to Inkedup about this and his came out fine but I wanted to hear from more people so im 100% confident mine will be fine. Lol. And if I remove mine and find out it doesnt match, what can I do to fix it?

dude take it to my guy i think he will charge ya around a hundo,he's responsible if he fucks it up ya kno

inkedup wrote:

dude take it to my guy i think he will charge ya around a hundo,he's responsible if he fucks it up ya kno

I know but I dont want to pay anything right now, lol.

You have taken care of your paint, so I think you will be fine. As long as there is no bubbling or peeling the most you should have to do is buff the doors out. Take them off slowly and if you start to see any imperfections you can put them back on.

then try it yourself just go slow,if it starts to bubble youcan always put another one back on

after you buff the area a slight hazing will still be there more like static but it will go away....

i told my body shop to leave the passenger door one off when i had my door painted during that brake in incident i had a couple years back. they told me the driver door was bubbled under it and i had to leave my moldings on till i can afford to repaint the drivers door.

i have grown to like them. actually i like it both ways. it looks good without them and with them.

jontoad wrote:

i told my body shop to leave the passenger door one off when i had my door painted during that brake in incident i had a couple years back. they told me the driver door was bubbled under it and i had to leave my moldings on till i can afford to repaint the drivers door.

i have grown to like them. actually i like it both ways. it looks good without them and with them.

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Thats what im scared of most. But be careful how you word stuff cuz Brian might get really excited.

to late... lol

i love mine off gives the sides depth.......

Mine were fine when I pulled them off. Was scared to do it but paint was fine under it, and mine is an 07.

Jon, what is your cars build date?

liljoejoe54 wrote:

Jon, what is your cars build date?

4-06

I did it too on my 07...The doors were fine...there was a little difference in color that went away after a week. Never had to buff or anything. Of course, now I have the damn scratch from my kids bike!

Thanks guys. I might have to go ahead and slowly give this a try soon. So If i pull the moldings slowly and see bubbling, I can reuse the molding?

not sure about reusing the same moldings,but seriously look at it this way the paint should be dam cured by now and warming it up and gently using fishing line you should be safe against peeling...

inkedup wrote:

not sure about reusing the same moldings,but seriously look at it this way the paint should be dam cured by now and warming it up and gently using fishing line you should be safe against peeling...

Well in early builds, the rumor is that some of the moldings were put on before the clear dried which caused the bubbles. Jon has the bubbles and his car was built only 1 month before mine. Thats what worries me the most.

well molding are that expensive if it bubbles cover it back up,and youll have newer moldings.....

I have my red ones still you can have those if you need them.

its not a rumor... on all the early builds mine to be one of them... Chrysler didnt allow the paint to cure before putting the moldings on our cars... my build date is april of 04 i had bubbles... joe joe i think you should be fine... but like everyone said you can always put new moldings back on...

Let me know if you pull them off. I'd like to have two sets of moldings on mine. Gotta love them moldings!

irishrt5.7 wrote:

its not a rumor... on all the early builds mine to be one of them... Chrysler didnt allow the paint to cure before putting the moldings on our cars... my build date is april of 04 i had bubbles... joe joe i think you should be fine... but like everyone said you can always put new moldings back on...

I can buy new moldings from the dealer that are already painted? Any idea on how much they would cost?

HiPwr wrote:

Let me know if you pull them off. I'd like to have two sets of moldings on mine. Gotta love them moldings!

Lol Eric, you can never be too protective from door dings plus the 2 tone will really "pop".

joejoe, I too have pulled mine off...mine is an 07 though so I'm sure dodge figured their shit out after a couple of years....

xegitalian19xx wrote:

joejoe, I too have pulled mine off...mine is an 07 though so I'm sure dodge figured their shit out after a couple of years....

I hope so but like Jon said, he has bubbles and his car was built only a year before mine. Im still going to give it a shot but that makes me worried.