MK1 Paint/Styling opinions wanted

[sirocco@telocity.com (Randy B)]

A lot depends on what type of strip you get.
Yeah, the dealer installed ones I had/have are mounted to the body with 
rivets (stupid friggin dealer..grrrr). In order to remove them I'd have to 
have a dozen or so holes filled :(
The ones that you get at your local paint shop are self adhesive (no holes 
and easily removed) and can be found in much smaller sizes than the dealer 
ones.

Door dings on creased body panels are much worse than on a flat body panel 
because they cause a ripple in the panel that is very hard to get back 
straight again. A paintless dent removal shop might be able to get out a 
ding out on the crease, but I doubt it would be like it was.

If done right I think you could still maintain the clean look, just gotta 
pick the right moulding.

Randy

At 08:38 AM 5/23/2002 -0700, Craig Williams wrote:
>Although this "door ding strip" does it's job, IMHO it's like cutting off 
>your nose despite your face. Not only do I not like the looks of the 
>strip, but to have one mounted you must drill holes in the body of the 
>car. So if you ever want to remove the strips you won't have any door 
>dings to repair, but you will have several holes down the length of the 
>body which wil need repair.
>
>There are good "paintless" dent removal shops in every town now. I'd much 
>rather park carefully and when the occaisional ding shows up, get it 
>repaired, as opposed to drilling holes in my cars body.
>
>-- Craig
>
>
>>Mars also came (from the dealer) with this extra moulding strip and after
>>21yrs she also has no door dings on the original body/paint.
>>
>>If you want to protect the body do it on the upper crease.
>
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