Best option to colour code bump strips

[m1tch1987]

Hi all,

I am picking up my mark 2 Dci 80 on Saturday, along with cleaning the EGR out and giving it a service I just wanted to ask about the door bump strips. They are currently black, although the wing mirrors are colour coded so I am wanting to colour code the bump strips on the doors as well. Is it worth removing them to spray them up or simply carefully mask around them (they are straight after all!).

Just wondering how they are removed from the car if I did want to remove them before spraying up, the car is blue so I am going to go with blue bump strips but have the Dci part in silver and then colour the 'i' in blue

Thanks in advance!

 

[barnesautos]

Remove all trims and strip for a decent job , only the best will do IMO.

 

[barnesautos]

Here is the finish on having the bumpers done properly.

 

[m1tch1987]

Thanks for those photos, look really good - how do I go about removing the trims?

 

[barnesautos]

The door mouldings have a little screw at the end of the door - remove these and then the trim slides towards the rear of the car .

With regard to the handles , those are a bit harder to remove , with the door panel off , you need to remove the two 10mm nuts that hold the handle to the door and also unclip the lever rod from the lock.

 

[m1tch1987]

Thanks for that, I might just do the bump strips and bumper - otherwise I would also need to do the window surround as well etc, I will see what is easiest really, tempted to see if I can get some wind deflectors as well.