Side molding dilema
On a '70 the trim fits on little posts with clips, you can slide the trim forward? and it will come off. Maybe backward, I can't remember which way the clips face. If you remove the trim you'll have to grind off the posts and then paint unless the stripe will cover it.
On the later cars the trim was just put on with an adhesive, on my '74 Duster that trim just peeled off.
This is my '71, with trim, showing the clips and the posts. The little posts are spot welded on. If you do pull the trim make sure to grind them, if you try to pull them they leave holes in the fender and distort the bodywork. Some jackass did that on the other side of my car. When I converted my Duster to a Demon the fenders I used had posts and I used a cut off wheel on them, worked great, no holes.
I kinda want to put the trim back onto my '71 GT because it's pretty much original, but in general I think they look better without it.
On a '70 the trim fits on little posts with clips, you can slide the trim forward? and it will come off. Maybe backward, I can't remember which way the clips face. If you remove the trim you'll have to grind off the posts and then paint unless the stripe will cover it.
On the later cars the trim was just put on with an adhesive, on my '74 Duster that trim just peeled off.
This is my '71, with trim, showing the clips and the posts. The little posts are spot welded on. If you do pull the trim make sure to grind them, if you try to pull them they leave holes in the fender and distort the bodywork. Some jackass did that on the other side of my car. When I converted my Duster to a Demon the fenders I used had posts and I used a cut off wheel on them, worked great, no holes.
I kinda want to put the trim back onto my '71 GT because it's pretty much original, but in general I think they look better without it.