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ffejeroni said:
Today I took off the molding and tupperware. It was a pretty tedious job. The two sided tape was a beotch!!

Jeff...are you saying that the door moldings are just held on with 2 sided tape? From your pics I can't see any evidence of where the door moldings were previously attached. Any pointers of how you got them off?

Lee
 






:) The wood is just temporary. I was trying out different ideas, and this was a winner. I am going to use mdf, and then make a cover plate with plexiglass and some lighting under it. It looks horrible, doen's it?? I hate the look of plywood!! I really wanted something flat, and I am going to make a box the same height to put down when I lay the seats down so it will be flat (air matress for camping), so I will be working on it soon and will post more pics...
 






door moldings

Hey, yeah that's kinda the point to not have any evidence:) I made the mistake of rolling it off with my thumb and ended up getting a really nasty blister. Anyways, I used a heat gun to heat up the tape, and just rolled it off. As I said earlier, I had the passanger door shell replaced, so the tape they used was a pain in the ass because it was so thick. Alos I soaked the leftovers in Goo Gone(available at Meijers or any store like that) and it came off pretty easily. Next I used bug and tar remover to get off the last of the stickies, then used a cleaner wax to clean the area, then a sealer/polisher to finish it off. Be careful if you use a heat gun on a re-painted door! I found out the hard way that it's NOT OEM quality! Now I have a dull section and a couple of chips I have to deal with:( Good luck!!
 






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