door guard removal??

[jayman4911]

Hey all,
I was on another forum, and some said to spray rubbing alcohol right above the door guard, and the next morning it will be on the ground. Will rubbing alcohol hurt the paint? Thanks for any input!!

Jason :)

[Jadkyl]

Not sure about the rubbing alcohol, but here's a quote from a another user who completely debadged his Charger, including removing the door gaurds:

*** the door was surprisingly the easiest part to do used a lil bit of floss then just pulled LOL all came off clean. It felt like a big rubber strip.

The user was: Farkedup

Just look him up.

[ninerjoe]

Jason,

I'd stay away from the rubbing alcohol... WD-40 works great for removing the leftover, two-sided tape gunk.

[HEMIDON]

Check with your local paint supplier.. Body shop aer a great resource... There are a few products that are formulated to remove molding adheasive and not damage your paint... Most of the (industry acceptable) adheasive removers are new paint friendly.... Find a good, trustworthy, body shop that will give you good advice..... Some of the products even retain the original stickum if used properly..... When I (Finialy) do get my car I pln to change the moldings for the MAGNUM chrone insert rype...\\

Ordered 7/20.. As of today ------- BX Status......
Black R/T R&T with PP......
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THE LONGER I WAIT THE MORE UNIQUE THE CAR BECOMES.....
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[shrinkydinx]

ALL YOU NEED IS A HAIR DRYER (or a hot day) AND YOUR TWO ARMS.

don't listen to people suggesting you apply chemicals to your car - i wiggled the guards off patiently and they came off perfectly clean. took about 5 minutes after i had warmed them up enough.

[jayman4911]

Thanks for all the info!!! I will let you know how it looks! :happy:

Jason

[littleJohnnyfromNJ]

bug and tar remover is safe enough.... just make sure you clean it with soap and water and wax it right away - - you'll be fine...

[beezn]

theres also goo gone, its made with orange oil, stuff gets rid of all things sticky

ooh and carb cleaner / brake cleaner

[jayman4911]

All Done! VERY EASY!!! Looks MUCH better!!!!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y194/Jayman4911/DSC01054.jpg

Jason

[DAYTONA_R/T]

sweet... so what method did you do to remove them?

[jayman4911]

1. FL Hot Sun
2. Pull Real Slow... NO residue
3. I waxed her.

SOOO EASY, But you have to go real slow!

Jason :)

[RPMSRT8]

What city in Florida? :confused:

[jayman4911]

Cape Coral, FL. (by Naples & Ft Myers)

Jason

[bstowers]

I had been on the fence about this. I thought I would like it, but I couldn't make up my mind. Finally just did it last night and love how it turned out.

Put up four pics of it in the gallery. (http://www.chargerforums.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=210&size=big&cat=500&page=1)

http://www.chargerforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=500/nobodytrim2.jpg

[fubaracing]

yeah i did it last night and the car looks great...love how it looks now...just pulled them off didnt need to use anything also used the florida sun though fort myers, fl

[JuniorHemi]

What's the Door Guard? I am sorry I am new and I just got a brand new Dodge Charger and looking to do some mods too, so I was wondering what is that?

[RPMSRT8]

It's the trim piece running down the side of you Charger. It "hopefully" saves a ding if a scumbag parked next to you straight arms you with his door. :cry:

[JuniorHemi]

Oh ok thank RPM for your help.

[farkedup]

after my floss and pull I had a few oddball cloudy spots that I took the wax and buffer wheel to and all turned out perfect.

[RockBlocker]

Just so you gus know Rubbing alcohol will not the hurt the painted finish of the car. We use it all the time for years installing. For debadging, I have always used a heat gun to warm it up and then a plastic blade to pop them off.

[jmorrell]

A hair dryer works in place of a heat gun. Used one to debadge one of my prior cars.

[06sxt06]

Wanted to take mine off... until I discovered in prevented a door bang, black smudge on it where some idiot hit it.

[bstowers]

You park next to people?

BAN HIM!

[YellowJacket]

LOL I was just thinking the same thing. I park next to no one! Do you think it would be safe to take em off still if my car is 1.5 years old?

[Black Charger]

LOL I was just thinking the same thing. I park next to no one! Do you think it would be safe to take em off still if my car is 1.5 years old?

Absolutely. I bought my SRT8 used back in April and my car was built in January of 2006, and the side moldings peeled off of this car just as easily as they did from my brand new R/T purchased the year before.

[J Rock]

did mine yesterday with a hair dryer, and outside was only about 50 degrees here and windy as heck......looks great i think!

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g260/wainwrij/NewImage.jpg

[87vertgt]

Whats a door guard? I dont think mine came with one?

[srt_4-88]

rubbing alcohol will not hurt your car... its only 2-15% and in some cases 25% alcohol... but putting it on over night? it would dry in like 10-20mins... WD-40? dont do that... it has to much graphite in it.. that will just scratch your paint... but the blow dryer will work the best...

[GB49]

Removed the trunk badge and the door guards last night. That rear badge was tough. The key is heat as mentioned earlier in thread but not too much.
The door guards came off easily once heated w/ the heat gun. I used a plastic putty knife to help separate the guards which worked well. However, the only stupid mistake I made was assuming it was clean behind the guards. They hold fine road grit and water (another reason I wanted to remove them) and the putty knife pulled some of that grit about 2 or 3" along the front passenger door. Its such a fine scratch I'm hoping it can be buffed out and if need be filled w/ some touch up paint using a toothpick for precise application.

Overall I'm very pleased w/ the continuous door panel look.

-GB49