Side molding adhesive starting to fail

[Towncivilian]

My passenger side molding's adhesive is beginning to fail; it's easy to start peeling it off. If anybody doesn't know what I'm talking about, picture:



What do I use to glue it back on? My driver's side is still affixed quite nicely. The passenger side looks like it even slid a bit, I'll try to get a better picture.

[nissangirl74]

3M makes a great adhesive just for this. There is more than one formula though, make sure you get the good stuff through a body shop. The "Autozone" version isn't as good.

[Towncivilian]

This stuff?

[nissangirl74]

http://www.brandsplace.com/0246-3m-3615.html

http://www.handsontools.com/3M-06380-Sc ... 10327.html

This is better. It's really good and a pain in the butt to remove.

[Towncivilian]

Found basically the same thing on Amazon. Isn't covered by Amazon Prime, but oh well. Guess I'll order that eventually. I assume I'll want to remove the entire molding, clean off the residue, and re-tape it on for best results, or should I just lay some tape underneath where it's starting to come loose and press it on?

[nissangirl74]

Depends completely on how well you want it to look and how much time you want to invest in the project. I will tell you that to completely take the trim off is a PITA. It will look a lot better if you do it though.

[Towncivilian]

Eh, it doesn't seem too difficult to me, it started to pry off very easily, but no idea how much more difficult it'll be at the halfway mark. I'll take a closer look at it tomorrow.

[nissangirl74]

Greg used fishing line, Googone, and heat.

[01silvapathy]

I took off all my moldings since my doors are so high up other cars doors never hit there anymore....just lower But when I took mine off I just used fishing line and 3m adhesive remover thats paint safe. Its really easy to actually cut through the side molding with the fishing line though if you get a bad angle on it.

[Wkz1gg0a]

Amazon Prime FTW lol i purchased a few things using Prime it pays to be a college student