How To Clean And Repair Plastick Auto Door Panels

How To Reattach Car Door Molding Trim With 3M Record
A photo illustrated guide to reattaching plastic automotive door molding or body trim with 3M double sided tape.

Molding Hanging Off
GM '01 Pontiac Grand Prix
Onetime Double Sided Tape After nearly 10 years of repeatedly shutting the driver'due south door on my 2001 Pontiac M Prix, the vinyl molding trim slice at the bottom of the door started to come up loose.

It seems that the plastic clips or rivets behind the panel had broken and the double sided tape had lost its adhesive ability.

I used a piece of silver duct tape, which conveniently matches my auto'due south pigment color, to concord up the panel for the trip to Advance Machine Parts to purchase some 3M Super Strong Molding Tape.

In order for the new 3M double sided tape to securely concur up the door molding, I needed to remove the old record and thoroughly clean all the surfaces.

I generously sprayed "Goo Gone" adhesive remover to make the old tape easier to scrape off from the auto and the trim.

Goo Gone
3M Super Strong Tape To admission the quondam double sided tape, I gently pulled off the entire vinyl door molding trim piece at the lesser of my commuter's door.

Underneath, I could see the metallic bar that used to be securely attached with plastic clips or rivets to the body of the car and glued to the door molding.

There was also a long strip of old double sided tape forth the entire length of the top area where the molding piece meets with the car door.

Door Moulding Removed
Cleaning Trim In Bathtub
Spray On Goo Gone I took the door molding to the bath tub to wash it off and clean off any adhesive or road grime with the Goo Gone solution.

And then I sprayed the old double sided tape on the car door with a generous amount of Goo Gone and let it sit for a few minutes to requite information technology some fourth dimension to work.

Old Record Removed
Make clean With Booze
Scraping Off Old Record It took about half an hour for me to carefully scrape off the old double sided record from the door with an interior car door panel pulling tool.

Whatsoever other flat and relatively dull tool such as a paint or ice scraper would too work well.

Try to non scratch the pigment above the line where the door molding attaches to the door panel.

To finish the surface grooming, I wiped everything down with alcohol and allowed them to air dry out.

Double Sided Record Off
Auto Door Paint Cleaned

Metal Slice Taped Since the metallic bar below the door molding piece was barely hanging on to the car, I placed two pieces of the 3M double sided tape underneath the bar.

Then I pushed on the metallic bar and held it for 30 seconds to ensure a good bail.

Employ 3M Tape
Remove Tape Backing I practical a long piece of new 3M tape along the top expanse where the molding attaches to the car and as well a few pieces on the outside face of the metallic bar.

It can be hard to remove the reddish plastic backing strip on the 3M tape, only yous just have to pick at it with your fingertips.

I also applied some double sided tape to the very bottom inside face of the vinyl door molding.

Once all of the tape was in place with the backing strips removed, I advisedly lined up the door molding and pushed it into place.

I held it there for about xxx seconds applying fifty-fifty force per unit area to ensure that information technology sticks well and forms a permanent bail.

Be sure to non printing also hard in any one small spot as you may crease, crack, or break the soft vinyl panel.

Set up For Mounting
Extra Tape On Molding
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