ok so after looking at alot of other cars on this forum I decided that I was gonna bite the bullet and pull off my moldings to make the car look alot cleaner.. Part of me was always afraid that I was going to find something scary under there as I am now the cars' 3rd owner and the last owner beat the snot outta that car before he spun a bearing and called it quits.
I sorta pulled them up in a few places to see how they were and it all looked decent so I decided to go for it today after work...
All went well and then I encountered this.. and the kicker is that this was the very last molding that I pulled off
I'm thinking that perhaps the door was repainted as the paint came off in large thick chunks and there was a bit of rust present as well.
on a side note the rest looked pretty darn sexy once I cleaned the rest of the grime/tape and goo off..
I figure that I could apply some adhesive promoter, new 3M tape and re-apply the moldings - and lastly cover the missing paint areas with touch up paint I'm hoping that would leave only me knowing what happened - but I'm not sure I want to put them back on or feel that they will once again lay flat..
Can I possibly just get away with getting 1 door refinished and hoping that it all matches? This car is just my daily beater so I'd rather not spend a ton of money but I do really enjoy driving the car and all the looks it gets.
Argh.. poopy day
