Hi, do most of you guys think door side molding is good to install on car or not?

 

 

 

My car came with them, no choice, so I guess I'll leave them. But personally, I think the car looks better without them.

 

Could you not remove them? Most are stuck on using double sided tape, not sure about how Lexus does it. I've removed them from my previous Forester, using a heat gun and fishing wire. Only issue is if it's been on there for a long time you may have problems with ghosting/fading.

 

I guess I could, but that's a very big, flat area. Good chance of creating some sort of blemish probably. My car is black too, so they don't really bother me much. I do prefer them off though.

 

Ah yeah, I'd err on the side of caution with a black vehicle. My black GTI scratches so damn easily, even using plastic trim removal tools. The key though if you do decide to do it is using a heat gun to make sure the adhesive is super soft. Hit it with some goo-gone afterwards and I'm sure you couldn't tell the difference. After a good detail it'd look like there wasn't anything there to begin with. Maybe you'll find the motivation one day.

 

The car has only 700 miles on it, so I have some time to think about it. lol

It's weird, really, not even sure why the car came with them. It's not part of the F Sport package, I've seen several without it, and if you go to the Lexus website NONE of their pictures are with it (because it's ugly).

 

Hmmm. Was it a special order that someone backed out of? Interesting. But ****, you've got plenty of time then! At least it's not like 4 years old or something.

 

 

 

The side molding looks good. Better than the boring, slab-slided look that curses so many cars, these days.

 

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I personally think it's ugly. It takes away from the smooth, clean look of the car but if you already have them on the car then I'd just leave them on.

I had door moldings on my old Corolla and when I removed them using the fishing wire technique with heat gun, everything looked good except for one door. You could definitely tell the difference in the color shade between the exposed paint and the paint under the door molding. I ended up having to repaint that door.

 

I drove a 2018 IS with the side molding today, and I honestly didn't like it. But I don't think it would stop me from buying the car if the car already had it installed.