After posting a thread on here asking if i should take off the side moldings and the SOHC vtec sticker, which everyone said i should but some people said there might be clips holding it on, well there were no clips, just 3m tape which was easy to take off, i didnt have any fishing line so i just used dental floss and it worked fine. Goo gone got the residue off the sides and the trunk but there wasnt a lot anyway, all and all it couldnt of gone any better, paint still looks as good as new under the molding also. Oh and the drop is settled im guessing...

BEFORE DROP AND REMOVAL OF EVERYTHING



AFTER SETTLED DROP, REMOVAL OF SIDE MOLDINGS,SOHC VTEC STICKER, TRUNK DEBADGE, SUNROOF WIND DEFLECTOR AND MUDGUARDS



ONE AND A HALF FINGER GAP ALL AROUND







CAR STILL DIRTY DURING THIS PICTURE BUT THIS IS WHERE THE SIDE MOLDING WAS

no holes???

none at all

deng,.. i wonder bout mine..

i heard coupes dont have clips but sedans do

what setup u used to drop it?

tokico blues and neuspeed sports

wow, that looks like a whole different car without the moldings. looks good.

looks way better

thanks for the comments

so wiat ur telling me that the side molding is just stuck on there? does anybody know if this would be the same on an 03 sedan. let me know like asap cause i want ot get rid of my side modlings as soon as possible. hopefully theres no clips let me know. also howd u get it off

yea it was only held on by that 3m tape.....in the thread i made asking if there were clips under it they said only on sedans. I took it off by using dental floss behind it and keep going up and down until i had enough where i was able to pull it off and i just slowly peeled it than used some goo gone to get the excess crap off(wasnt a lot at all) i was gonna wash it and wax it but im gonna save it for this saturday a day before the NJ meet. No color fade at all as you can see, i bought some meguiers colorX just in case tho

much better. youre gonna hate me, but i think you should take apart the trunk keyhole and paint the black rubber part silver.

i would probably mess it up, so im gonna keep it like that

nice.
btw sedans have holes for the side moldings that must be filled and painted.

^ damn

well looks like im making a trip to my body shop to get a quite a price quote....thanks tho

uh yea prepare yourself. i was quoted $900 and said no thanks.

$900!!!!!!!!!!!!

well when you think about it, thats really cheap. they basically have to remove all door panels, dynamat, just to pull the moldings off each of the 4 doors. then they have to properly weld metal (two holes per door), make everything smooth, and basically repaint both sides of the car and blend with the front and rear. he said if you do that may as well repaint the whole car cause its not gonna be the best match.

yea thats true

more opinions please

my buddy is going to charge me 35 to fill my spoiler holes, and about 130 to install a shaved door kit. then another friend will paint it for free. just need to have friends that can do that kind of crap and its a little cheaper

i took off my side molding with a fork and a spatula... it worked great

damn i wish sedans ddnt have the hole, dosnt anyone know why there are clips on sedan?

idk, pieces are bigger i guess? and one of mine the clearcoat is almost completely peeled off.

i just debaged mine and where the civic was on the back you can still see a very small outline. is that the difference between the clear coat or do i need to clean it a little better? i'm just wondering what your experience was..

i had no outline at all, came off easily and i didnt even wax it and you couldnt tell there were badges there, i heard different stories about black cars tho that the outline is impossible to get off...what color is yours?

ok well its red, try and get some meguiars colorX, that should work i bought some thinking i would need it but i didnt. That product is highly suggested tho

Hey man, that looks niiiice. Very clean and nice, bro.

thanks ram

What a difference. It looks great man.

looks alot better... but now your car is at risk for dents from jerks who dont have the courtesy of carefully opening their doors