Removing Window Trim

[tbroesch]

Hey guys,

I have an ibis white A4 and I would like to have the window trim wrapped black.

Has anyone done this? Tips and tricks?

Thanks

T

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[rdenivo]

I had my window trim and grill surround wrapped black for $300. When I priced out materials the price difference wasn't worth the stress of doing it myself and putting a razor blade near my paint.

They didn't remove trim to apply the wrap, just cut it a little wider than the trim piece and trim it off after it was applied.


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[MLA4]

I had my window trim and grill surround wrapped black for $300. When I priced out materials the price difference wasn't worth the stress of doing it myself and putting a razor blade near my paint.

They didn't remove trim to apply the wrap, just cut it a little wider than the trim piece and trim it off after it was applied.


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Anyone else on here have more experience doing this themselves?

[adamazing]

I did mine myself too. Not my favorite project.

[MLA4]

lol this is what I am hearing, but I am really not a fan of chrome trim so I really want to try to black it out with some vinyl. Did you take yours off the car?

[adamazing]

lol this is what I am hearing, but I am really not a fan of chrome trim so I really want to try to black it out with some vinyl. Did you take yours off the car?

No I did it on the car. I'm not entirely sure you CAN take all the trim out. I recall reading somewhere that the wear quarter glass has to come out with the trim. Not sure if that's 100% accurate though.

[Lambda13]

No I did it on the car. I'm not entirely sure you CAN take all the trim out. I recall reading somewhere that the wear quarter glass has to come out with the trim. Not sure if that's 100% accurate though.

I feel like this is true. I plastidipped mine a couple times. Probably will do it again this spring. Takes a couple hours, some newspaper and some tape.

[MLA4]

I feel like this is true. I plastidipped mine a couple times. Probably will do it again this spring. Takes a couple hours, some newspaper and some tape.

Just wanted to update this thread with my experience on this. I attempted plasti dipping my trim this past weekend. After masking everything off and applying 4 coats of plastidip I waited about an hour to start peeling the tape and paper off; for the most part it looked great, except for the parts where the dip caught some of the tape and came off with it, revealing chrome =[. Long story short I decided not to go this route because I didn't realize that the chrome trim goes well behind the door, so when you open the door you still see chrome and IMO looks like crap. I don't feel like taping everything off again especially with a plastic dropcloth for the door openings.

Going to try the vinyl method sometime next week. will update when I do.

[whiped]

I think you can take them off the car. I've had it on my to-do list for a while just need a week of nice weather as I don't want to drive in the rain without them.

Here is the first half of the DIY I was writing for it:

Originally I was going to have mine vinyl wrapped until I came across a guy who painted his which IMO is a better solution.

When I previously did research everyone kept saying you had to break the back small window and disassemble the doors to remove the trim to paint it. I can now confirm neither is needed.

With that, here is some preliminary research. I might post a proper DIY when I do mine if I get enough interest here.

Removing Body Window Trim

1. Roof Trim Molding

􀁺 Standard roof trim molding:

-- Remove the roof trim molding from the body beginning at the C-pillar.

􀁺 High gloss roof trim strip:

-- Pull the lower trim strip out the clips beginning on the side of the C-pillar.
-- Carefully pry the roof trim strip out of the clips above the side window and unclip it from the body flange.
-- Beginning at the A-pillar, unclip the roof trim strip from the body moving downward.

2. Side Window
3. Decorative Trim Strip

-- To remove the C-pillar, pry it out of the clips beginning at the side.
-- Pry the roof trim molding on the roof out of the side clips.
-- Slide the trim molding down out of the roof trim molding.

Removing Door Window Trim

Haven't tested it myself though so cannot confirm.

[MLA4]

Hmmm, from the diagram I guess it is just pulling and prying... going to need a lot of patience as to not break anything. Thanks for the help thus far

[sonic32]

Hmmm, from the diagram I guess it is just pulling and prying... going to need a lot of patience as to not break anything. Thanks for the help thus far

In for results


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[whiped]

Talking to one of the Audi techs you can use like a plastic wedge to pop off the door trim. Those are the hardest part and I haven't confirmed it works yet. (Thus half complete DIY)

[sonic32]

Talking to one of the Audi techs you can use like a plastic wedge to pop off the door trim. Those are the hardest part and I haven't confirmed it works yet. (Thus half complete DIY)

Keep us updated whiped, followed your CF thread and got those in, now I need to open my headlights and clean them up and paint the inside gloss black, and the window trim as well.


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[endy1]

The body trim is really easy to take off, abit scary sound when the clips pops :) Around the quarterpanel window pretty much just pull it straight out.

The door trim you can take of by taking a one of those plastic trimremoval tools and take a hammer and dig underneath the trim and smack it upp with a hammer. Work from one end to the other in small steps.(this CAN damage the trim) The correct way is to strip down the whole door.

[Lazze]

There's no problem wrap the chrome trim, It's just takes a lot of time😁

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