Stripping trim for paint job ....questions ?

[Z-dart]

The rocker trim does anyone know how that comes off , don't want to mess it up , hard to find ! And the dodge emblems on trunk as well as the dodge emblem on the nose of a 73 dart ? Any help ?

 

[805moparkid]

rocker trim should have a screw in each and and plastic snap in clips the length of it.

the dodge emblems should have nuts on the back

 

[Woods74]

x2 , the 'dodge' emblem on the front is glued on. I believe my rocker trim slid off pulling it from behind.

 

[Z-dart]

Poison dart you must be right with dodge emblems have no nuts on back , just the side dart and swinger emblems as far as the rocker trim and wheel well trim they have screws , but you strip the Phillips head out , they are frozen in place , going to have to drill the heads off !

 

[Woods74]

Those wheel well trim screws are gonna be a bear, your best bet is to get a 1/4 drive, 1/4 socket, and put a Phillips bit in there, and push hard so you don't strip em off any more. Be ready to replace that trim, you can try drilling them out, but grinding them off is gonna be more like it. Sorry to say, been there, done that.

 

[SleeperScamp]

Use fishing line for removing the glued on emblems. Put it under the emblem and "saw" it back and forth..

 

[Dubob]

A little valve grinding compound on the driver tip might help along with tightening the screw a tad before trying to back it out.