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trim removal around gt door?

Postby jamezz666 » Fri May 26, 2017 1:57 pm

Hello

i was wondering how you remove the stainless trim around the door on a gt? as i had it in mind you might have to pry them off?

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Re: trim removal around gt door?

Postby lord13 » Sat May 27, 2017 6:34 am

Very, very, very, very carefully . . .

I believe they are the same as SL gutter trim, just pressed on. They distort extremely easily, it's a hard job to keep them from bending. They are slightly more robust than gutter trim but not much.
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Re: trim removal around gt door?

Postby jamezz666 » Mon May 29, 2017 5:08 pm

lord13 wrote:Very, very, very, very carefully . . .

I believe they are the same as SL gutter trim, just pressed on. They distort extremely easily, it's a hard job to keep them from bending. They are slightly more robust than gutter trim but not much.



Ok thank you for the reply, i think i'll try remove them on a day where i have lots of patience :lol:
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Re: trim removal around gt door?

Postby hbr341 » Mon May 29, 2017 8:38 pm

Hi
I took them off my GT with a wide bolster chisel they came off ok and clip back on after the respray good luck.

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Re: trim removal around gt door?

Postby pbottomley » Thu Jun 01, 2017 5:05 pm

hbr341 wrote:Hi
I took them off my GT with a wide bolster chisel they came off ok and clip back on after the respray good luck.

Regards Chris.


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