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Ek4Vtir
03-09-2008, 09:35 PM
Hi guys... umm I'm trying to get my car colour coded but I'm finding it hard to take off the mouldings around my car...I have taken most of them off but still stuck on one in particular... I drive a honda civic ek4.

Heres the picture of what i mean

http://www.fotothing.com/photos/e60/e60839e247db90b709f3cad22bc7f9f1.jpg?ts=1220441269

If anyone knows how please let me know.

Another quick question... umm when removing the mouldings on the door I took out the door trim and it was fine on one side... but on the other door... the screw under the door handle got blunt to the point of no return.. any ideas on how to take the screw out? or methods?

If anyone knows how please let me know, Thanks =]
AKILYA666
03-09-2008, 10:06 PM
You could drill the screw out and re tap the hole.
bennjamin
03-09-2008, 10:11 PM
Another quick question... umm when removing the mouldings on the door I took out the door trim and it was fine on one side... but on the other door... the screw under the door handle got blunt to the point of no return.. any ideas on how to take the screw out? or methods?

If anyone knows how please let me know, Thanks =]

drill out the screw with a simiar sized drill bit - it will pop right out.

As fr the side moulds , you need small hands and needle-nosed plies to get that last end of the clip off. Can i suggest to tkae the end off FIRST as the rest is easy to access.
LiKPiC
03-09-2008, 10:14 PM
You take out the rear plastics panels (front the inside, rear seat area). and then pop out the mouldings.
that's the only way i know how to do it.
Ek4Vtir
03-09-2008, 10:18 PM
umm so if i go from the inside.. i gotta take out the back seats to take off the back trim ay? but i would still need long pliers to reach the clips?
LiKPiC
03-09-2008, 10:26 PM
yeh. not sure if it's necessary to take out back seats. but take out the side trim.
the clips shouldnt be hard to reach.
LiKPiC
03-09-2008, 10:27 PM
taking out back seat would make it easier to take out hte side trim though
XP02ED
04-09-2008, 09:22 AM
as pikpic said take out the interior trim out and pop it out that way, and yes u will need to remove your rear seats to take the trim off
D16EK1
04-09-2008, 11:17 AM
its alot of work to get to the mouldings in a hatch back, but its worth the effort of taking them out and having them the same colour as the body.
EK1.6LCIV
04-09-2008, 01:06 PM
It's worth it, looks soo much better imo, was fun gettin to mine in the coupe
LiKPiC
04-09-2008, 11:50 PM
EK1.6LCIV, isnt the mould of the coupe already painted?
LiKPiC
04-09-2008, 11:51 PM
oh wait. that's the EM1 coupe. you got EJ8 coupe. My bad, didnt read your info properly.
Your pic of EM1 tail-lights confused me!
Ek4Vtir
05-09-2008, 12:19 AM
thanks for the reply guys =]

going to attempt to take out the rear seats on sunday..

anything i should know before trying it? or is it pretty much straight forward?
EK1.6LCIV
05-09-2008, 07:16 PM
oh wait. that's the EM1 coupe. you got EJ8 coupe. My bad, didnt read your info properly.
Your pic of EM1 tail-lights confused me!

Lol, yea I started with an EJ8 and brought it to EM1 specs minus front end, what a journey so far lol
XP02ED
08-09-2008, 09:37 AM
if u didnt change your moulds ek1 to an em1 one, u forgot that :P