Removing plastic rubbing strips on a pre-fl Octavia

[nutters_uclan]

hey all

Has anyone else got experience of removing these? Mine are looking a little tired and I'm going to wrap them to spruce them up a bit.

What's the easiest way to get these off? Does anyone know how many clips hold these on?

here's hoping I don't have to take the door cards off too!

Regards

D

[FriendlyFire]

IIRC the bumper strips would be accessible once the bumper is off. I thought the door strips are just stuck on - no clips at all.

[Sarge]

Certainly on the facelift they're just stuck on so I would guess pre facelift would be the same.

Sarge.

[nutters_uclan]

Thanks for the replies gents. How much of a ball ache is ut getting the bumpers off to begin with?

[FriendlyFire]

Rear bumper:

You will need to remove the boot trim to get access to two bolts either side through the wings into metal plates in the bumper. On the left side the bolts also hold the Cd changer in place. Once you have done that, there are self tappers all round the edge of the bumper that need to come out. The rear light clusters need to come out to access trim just above the bumper that hide some screws. Not difficult at all just time consuming and fiddly. I understand the front is easier since the screws are more easily accessible and there is no trim to remove.

[hannakournikova]

Did you manage to get the door strips off

[nutters_uclan]

I haven't bothered as yet.  I will probably wrap them in situ this weekend and see how they look like that first.

[hannakournikova]

Im looking to colour code mine so i cant really do it in situ. If you dont mind keeping me updated i would appreciate it.

[billywhiz040480]

There's only double sided sticky strips holding the door rubbing strips on and they are very easy to get off, ull need to tidy up the recess they lye in mind with some white spirits and a plastic scraper as it tears off and leaves a residue. Also if ur gonna wrap them ull have to clean the rubbing strips of the old sticky and re-apply new, so I'd suggest leaving them on and wrap them that way. I've bought some FL strips that can be painted as I'm gonna body colour mine.