BSM removal.. thinking twice about it
Instructor
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Walnut Creek CA
QUESTION:
How are they best taken off? Do I use a flathead screwdriver to pry them off? Rip them off with my teeth? And how about the sticky stuff holding them on - does it just rinse off?
I'd like to remove them without damaging the door. thanks.
How are they best taken off? Do I use a flathead screwdriver to pry them off? Rip them off with my teeth? And how about the sticky stuff holding them on - does it just rinse off?
I'd like to remove them without damaging the door. thanks.
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2004
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From: The Beautiful Pacific Northwest
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Originally Posted by BoYD
QUESTION:
How are they best taken off? Do I use a flathead screwdriver to pry them off? Rip them off with my teeth? And how about the sticky stuff holding them on - does it just rinse off?
I'd like to remove them without damaging the door. thanks.
How are they best taken off? Do I use a flathead screwdriver to pry them off? Rip them off with my teeth? And how about the sticky stuff holding them on - does it just rinse off?
I'd like to remove them without damaging the door. thanks.
http://grond.englandgreen.com/bsm
Take the strongest fishing line you can find, "saw" through the BSM and the door using a hairdryer to heat the adhesive backing. Take your time and don't be tempted to pull them off once you get some of it off.
Safety Car
Joined: Mar 2002
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From: Southwest MI
Originally Posted by BoYD
QUESTION:
How are they best taken off.........I'd like to remove them without damaging the door. thanks.
How are they best taken off.........I'd like to remove them without damaging the door. thanks.
let it set in the sun till they're nice and warm, take a piece of 30# mono fishing line get behind and molding and start to "saw it off"..it's just held on with thin sticky 2 sided tape........ don't be tempted to grab the molding and pull!.... a little wd-40 sprayed on the top of the molding helps. when you're done, clean off the goo with wd-40, then wax, or maybe a little scratch remover then wax.
again, don't go to fast!!, take your time, gloves help with the fishing line..... i actually tied the line to 2 short (~5") wood rods.
no problem'o.
Last edited by 66427-450; Apr 8, 2005 at 02:01 PM.
Racer
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 316
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From: Arlington TX
I've been considering removing BSM but I was getting gas the other day when a gust of wind flung the door into a rail. BSM saved my door; now I like them a lot and besides it kinda looks like the DEI emblem.
