exterior trim moulding removal

If you mean the black plastic strips on the doors and mudguards, they're just taped on, you slide a blade under one end and work it until the end comes loose, then just slowly peel them off.

 

heat the strips so they won't break.

 

^^^ good point, helps loosen the glue as well :mrgreen

 

The rubber weather seals? The hatch seal you just pull off, not sure on the door seals, I've never done them

 

I used 3M automotive double sided acryl tape to re-attach. Be aware it is 1x on and non movable after putting it there

 

yep,
-the rubber around the doors pulls off, there are two (iirc) little clips by the vent/mirror area. you just push in the center to release them.

-hatch just pulls off, aswell as the trim/moulding.

-if your prepping for paint DONT mess with the trim around the glass. just cover it to paint. i learned this the hard way....unless you plan to pull all the glass.

 

The easiest way to remove the bumper is to un-snap the 2 ends of bumper skin close to the wheel arches. Then just remove the 4 bolts in the bottom of the truck area the holds the entire bumper to the back of the car. Once you've removed the whole assembly the cover is easily removed by just removing the 18-20 nuts and bolts that retain the cover.

Here is what it looks like without the bumper cover and the plastic clips are mounted just ahead of the bumper support, not on the car in this picture....
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/racerb/media/GTS Race Mods/PartsForSale024.jpg.html?sort=3&o=19

racerb :wink

 

Try the heat gun trick to soften the glue, then use a plastic putty knife to scrape the majority of it off. When you've done all that head down to Walmart and get you a can of pure orange air freshener, spray it all over the remaining glue and just rub it off. This stuff works great and smells really good too!
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Pure-Citrus-Orange-Air-Freshener-7-fl-oz/15724124

This is what my Wife uses at work to remove glue from the store shelving when changing out prices and product info. I also used it when I removed all the lettering from my enclosed trailer.....
From this...
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/rac...ler/GanttPlayingSoccer094.jpg.html?sort=2&o=0
To this......
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/rac...ceShopPicsandTrailers033.jpg.html?sort=2&o=12

racerb

 

Yea the Pure Citrus (orange) will remove any decal or tape glue you have on your car. Buy at least a couple cans, I went through 5-6 cans doing my 20 enclosed trailer.

racerb irat

 

Good luck with that, I don't know why Walmart sometimes runs out of that stuff, but if you can get it later it really works!!

racerb :hsdance