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Remove Chrome - sheppy1 - 10:th-Mar-2015
Hi All,
So as much as I love bits of chrome here and there and I won't stop until I have chrome window trim! I'm thinking that my chrome handles aren't that good anymore and might remove them.
Anyone got any idea if the 3M tape will take the paint off with it when I try to remove it? Is it tougher to get off that the badges?
Thanks
Remove Chrome - Rusty2009 - 10:th-Mar-2015
is it them cheap tacky that Tucpal had fitted?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vauxhall-opel-ASTRA-J-ANTARA-chrome-door-handle-2010up-4dr-STEEL-/221689304728?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item339db65698
If so I would say some heat and all should be fine but Tucpal will no doubt tell you if I'm wrong
Remove Chrome - sheppy1 - 10:th-Mar-2015
Yeah they're the ones....hahaha. They look tackier the more I look at them. Take it tucpal thought the same thing? :P
Remove Chrome - sheppy1 - 10:th-Mar-2015
Just in the middle of removing it now and it's coming off easily
Remove Chrome - tucpal - 10:th-Mar-2015
i removed them after a year just heat them up and pull them off but they were stuck very well
and no damage to the paint lots of heat is the trick
Remove Chrome - sheppy1 - 10:th-Mar-2015
Yeah did just the thing but with hot water and they came off easy enough. Take it your car doesn't have the chrome inserts in the handles then?
Remove Chrome - tucpal - 10:th-Mar-2015
no there just color coded
Remove Chrome - sheppy1 - 10:th-Mar-2015
Same as mine then..sure I'll be able to do the chrome door trim but those handles may be tricky!
Remove Chrome - tucpal - 10:th-Mar-2015
the factory chrome handles are built in so if you were after them you would have to swap them over
rusty has the factory chrome ones on his car
Remove Chrome - sheppy1 - 10:th-Mar-2015
Yeah I found that out too, have been on eBay looking for some but gonna be next to impossible to find some in my colour and a set of 4 too!
Remove Chrome - tucpal - 10:th-Mar-2015
they are rare
Remove Chrome - Rusty2009 - 10:th-Mar-2015
I'm still after a painted set in carbon flash, I like the chrome but think the little bit on the handle is tacky.
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Remove Chrome - sheppy1 - 10:th-Mar-2015
Shame you don't have the same colour car as me and we could swap :P ha