side molding glued on?!

[Aaron]

well i was attempting to take my side molding off today to get my car ready to get painted and i read on this site that the side molding has clips that hold it to the door and you can see them if you take your door panel off...

so i removed my drivers door panel and took the bolt off on the end of the side molding but i couldnt find any sign of clips holding the rest of it on...so i got a flat head screw driver and started lightly prying it away from the car to see if i could see any of these clips, but all i saw was what looked like glue behind the molding holding it on...now the only explanation i can think of is what im calling a side molding is not what was reffered to in the thread i read...when i say side molding i mean the piece which is cirlced in the picture below...now im gonna feel real dumb if thats not the "side molding"

[93accordEX]

yea its the side molding, and it has some adhesive around the outer edge in addition to the clips

[Aaron]

yea its the side molding, and it has some adhesive around the outer edge in addition to the clips

am i gonna be able to put it back on without regluing it? also i couldnt see the clips when i took the door panel off, are they hidden or something?

[Aaron]

someone might have taken it off before and not put the clips back in, when i replaced my broken one it had 3m adhesive tape on it too, so you might have some of that without the clips

do you guys definitely reccomend taking it off before i get my car painted?

[PakaloloHonda]

do you guys definitely reccomend taking it off before i get my car painted?

When we painted my CB7 .. I had them paint the mouldings same color ... imo it looks good..
Your CB7 (looks black) and on darker colored Cb's .. I think its nice ..

Remember .. taking them off is a pita .. and trying to put them back on is also a pita ..
Also .. paying for *new* ones is .. wellll .. really alotta $$$ .. those clips never come off
easily, and most (99% of the time) break.
Just have um painted the same color ... IMHO it'll look fine.

A Hui Hou !!!
Tomi

[Aaron]

When we painted my CB7 .. I had them paint the mouldings same color ... imo it looks good..
Your CB7 (looks black) and on darker colored Cb's .. I think its nice ..

Remember .. taking them off is a pita .. and trying to put them back on is also a pita ..
Also .. paying for *new* ones is .. wellll .. really alotta $$$ .. those clips never come off
easily, and most (99% of the time) break.
Just have um painted the same color ... IMHO it'll look fine.

A Hui Hou !!!
Tomi

yea even if i took them off i was gonna have them painted, im just worried about the paint not adhering well if i dont take them off

[PakaloloHonda]

yea even if i took them off i was gonna have them painted, im just worried about the paint not adhering well if i dont take them off

The paint will adhere real well ... whoever paints your car, will know what/how to
do the *non metal* parts .. trust me .. you'll like it ..

A Hui Hou !!!
Tomi

[Aaron]

alright guys thanks a lot

[CB7.v2]

it's either glue or double sided tape. you have to work between loosening the clips so you can get to that point. it's about 4 or 5 inches wide in the center of the molding. the clips are right under the reinforcement bar/strip on the outer door panel. the most forward clip is something you cannot get to so once you have the one nut and couple clips undone, you simply slide the molding forward to get it off the car. the remaining clip can be pushed into the door cavity for removal.

[xtr91accord]

take a look and see if u like it painted the same color, i just got it back and i love it, to take them off and shave the holes and all you are talkin some big bucks. id leave them and paint over them, i got the moldings on the bottom painted too. what ya think?

[xaxis360]

the anniversary edition and SE have painted moldings from the factory. the moldings on my SE look great and they're original. the Japan Si and Si-T accords have painted mouldings as well. I would highly recommend it. The rubber on those things start looking bad after years of sun so its well worth it to keep the car looking good. IMO, they should have painted the bumper and trim on all non DX versions...

[Final 204]

it's easy to say "leave the molding on and have it painted over" but like, it's good to take the moldings off, often there is rust forming behind there, and it's better to fix it then to go get new paint and find out next year rust starts leaking out of the door mouldings cuz you didn't paint behind em

just my opinion