Shaved side moldings

[Brandoncb7]

Ok so I have searched and searched. Maybe i'm not phrasing it correctly but I keep comming up with shaved door handles and everything except for what i'm looking for. I work for inventory company and at the end of the year work is dead and we don't get a paycheck for shit but here in the near future as soon as funds permit i'll be getting some fiberglass and stuff to fix the couple of cracks in my body kit. I'm thinking about shaving the side moldings on the car but I can't find pics of it to see the outcome. I don't have photoshop so I can't go that route either. I'm just curious as to what it would look like and if anyone could help and not flame me for posting this thread I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks ahead of time.

[H22WAGON93]

Look at kit to Lip MR

[Flatline]

http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=91684

this is kit-to-lip's MR thread. his old coupe. i personally like the shave look. it gave his car a very "big" look from certain angles. almost like a skyline style.


i would like do do it as well. but i haven't seen it on a sedan yet.

[Brandoncb7]

Yeah I have a 92 LX sedan. I'm thinking i'm just gonna do it and if worst comes to worst i'll buy new doors lol.

[Brandoncb7]

Ok I just went and looked at those pics and OMG I am in love. He has the same wheels I want too. A friend of mine is going to get new wheels and sell me his so i'll rock them until I can get new ones. But yeah i'm gonna shave the moldings now. Thanks guys my mind is made up now.

[JDM_CB790EX]

keep the side moldings cause its a pain to find someone to do it the right way

[Brandoncb7]

keep the side moldings cause its a pain to find someone to do it the right way

What do you mean "the right way". Are you talking about filling it with fiberglass or welding sheet metal over the opening and then glassing it?

[JDM_CB790EX]

some people try to fill it in with bondo


this kid brought his cb7 to my uncles shop to get it fixed and the whole car was fuked cause he hammered the molding dip out and it came out horrible

[Brandoncb7]

Yeah i'm not planning on hammering anything lol. I'd rather have sheet metal welded over it and then bondo it but I didn't think it would pose a problem filling it with fiberglass and then going back over it with bondo or everglass or something.

[JDM_CB790EX]

yea thats y i said do it the right way lol dnt be like that guy

[Brandoncb7]

LOL WTF. Yeah when I wrecked my Acura CL I thought I might possibly be able to "hammer" out the dents in my fender and it just doesn't work. There's a way to be gentle with a hammer when working on automotive sheetmetal and just threw that fender away lol. There wasn't any saving it anyways. But filling in the groove with fiberglass.........any negative thoughts?

[JDM_CB790EX]

no neg. thoughts jus dnt over bondo it but its is a good idea so you get a

[Brandoncb7]

Why thank you sir. I've just heard of people using bondo and it falling off and stuff. I guess they had their own "recipe" for mixing it or something though lol.

[Burn]

Hey, if you want to see how it looks after about 6 months doing it "the wrong way" with just bondo, check out the pictures in my "Feel better about your cb7" thread lol. Still looks good shaved though. Reminder: I didn't do the bondo!

[doughboy415]

I welded plate where my moldings were and the rear qtrs were widened by welding front fenders from a 3rd gen(86) accord and adding more metal btween fenders and doors,did it back in 2004 checkout my cardomain page
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/831013