Yup, and this trick fixes it for sure n here I am 4 months after doing it letting it sit out in the winter nastiness and they still shine. If a fingerprint gets on there I can just use my shirt and it's gone. So much better.
Yup, they still look great! If they get a smudge I can clean it off with my shirt if I wanted - but I usually keep a microfiber cloth in my glovebox. It's just bare aluminum once you wipe off the plastic coating, easy as pie to clean and shine.
I did try to remove it and got frustrated, so I took it to the dealer and they replaced them all under warranty. It hasn't come back because my car now always sleeps inside the garage. Knock on wood so far. Anyhow, good info to know.
ah, I had mine replaced, it came back a year later so I did this. I should have made the video from the start of the project just to show how easy it is, but it's not easy if you don't know the trick to it. Fingers crossed for you man.
yeah they pop out - held in with plastic clips. Use a plastic tool. I hate to report that they actually come off too easily - just had to reinstall yesterday because my son tried to climb on the tire and grabbed onto the trim while the hatch was up and it popped off. Not going to break them, start from one end and peek under to see the clips and then pry from under the clip area to avoid any bending. The front/top part is held on by adhesive so you could start there.
I'll have to try this. But first, do you know if the acetone will affect the trim, if the trim is bronze colored? Should you only use the acetone on plain aluminum trim?
acetone should ONLY be used on the aluminum once it's removed from the car for sure. Yeah if you touch your paint or the plastic trim it will ruin it. However, the aluminum trim on the back trunk has some rubber gasket material attached and I did not have an issue with the acetone making some contact with that from the cloth. Wet the cloth, rub on the aluminum with it fully removed. I had it on a big piece of cardboard in my garage far from the car, then I reinstalled.
The rear hatch is the easiest overall, it's held on by clips all the way through so technically you could start anywhere. But start from the back and you'll feel where the clips are. As long as you don't bend the metal, you can be fairly aggressive. The plastic clips can break though, however it's easy enough to replace them or simply glue them back together with good liquid CA glue. That being said I didn't break any and neither should you unless you have a lot of dirt in there.
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Thank you for your tutorial. Those trim pieces have always been a problem.
Yup, and this trick fixes it for sure n here I am 4 months after doing it letting it sit out in the winter nastiness and they still shine. If a fingerprint gets on there I can just use my shirt and it's gone. So much better.
Thank you and will definitely try this. Have had the same problem on my 2019 GT2.
So it's been 9 months now... Are they still good? Also thanks for the video!
Yup, they still look great! If they get a smudge I can clean it off with my shirt if I wanted - but I usually keep a microfiber cloth in my glovebox. It's just bare aluminum once you wipe off the plastic coating, easy as pie to clean and shine.
I did try to remove it and got frustrated, so I took it to the dealer and they replaced them all under warranty. It hasn't come back because my car now always sleeps inside the garage. Knock on wood so far. Anyhow, good info to know.
ah, I had mine replaced, it came back a year later so I did this. I should have made the video from the start of the project just to show how easy it is, but it's not easy if you don't know the trick to it. Fingers crossed for you man.
The strips on the hatch look difficult to remove without breaking them.
yeah they pop out - held in with plastic clips. Use a plastic tool. I hate to report that they actually come off too easily - just had to reinstall yesterday because my son tried to climb on the tire and grabbed onto the trim while the hatch was up and it popped off. Not going to break them, start from one end and peek under to see the clips and then pry from under the clip area to avoid any bending. The front/top part is held on by adhesive so you could start there.
Can you please do another video showing how to remove the front and boot lid trim. Please, I don't want to damage anything
I'll have to try this. But first, do you know if the acetone will affect the trim, if the trim is bronze colored? Should you only use the acetone on plain aluminum trim?
acetone should ONLY be used on the aluminum once it's removed from the car for sure. Yeah if you touch your paint or the plastic trim it will ruin it. However, the aluminum trim on the back trunk has some rubber gasket material attached and I did not have an issue with the acetone making some contact with that from the cloth. Wet the cloth, rub on the aluminum with it fully removed. I had it on a big piece of cardboard in my garage far from the car, then I reinstalled.
Does the rear strip come off the same way?
The rear hatch is the easiest overall, it's held on by clips all the way through so technically you could start anywhere. But start from the back and you'll feel where the clips are. As long as you don't bend the metal, you can be fairly aggressive. The plastic clips can break though, however it's easy enough to replace them or simply glue them back together with good liquid CA glue. That being said I didn't break any and neither should you unless you have a lot of dirt in there.
I had mine boacked out instead