Door side molding
12-09-18, 07:13 AM
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12-09-18, 10:43 AM
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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.
12-09-18, 10:46 AM
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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.
12-09-18, 10:49 AM
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12-09-18, 10:50 AM
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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).
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).
12-09-18, 10:52 AM
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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).
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).
12-09-18, 02:22 PM
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Honesty with a black IS the side moldings probably don’t look as egregious as they would on another brighter colored IS. Can you upload a pic? It’s probably worth keeping on to prevent dings.
12-09-18, 05:24 PM
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The side molding looks good. Better than the boring, slab-slided look that curses so many cars, these days.
12-09-18, 05:53 PM
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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 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.
12-09-18, 06:52 PM
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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. 