How to remove CGT Sill Mouldings?

[Huw Powell]

>     I wonder if anyone could tell me how to remove the sill mouldings fitted
> to my '87 Euro spec CGT.

> What i want to do is remove the factory ( plastic?/abs?/glassfibre?)
> mouldings, that cover the sills on this model, remove grime, check for rust,
> and refit the mouldings. However I obviously don't want to start the job
> unless I know i can get them back on looking as untouched and well fitted as
> they do now.

I think I tore someof those off a car once - I just I could remember how
destructive it was.  You'll certainly have to pull out the rubber door
seal, but that is non-destructive.  The sills, I think, are held in by
some invisible plastic clips (like most of the car!) and I'm not sure if
they were kind of a "one time assembly only" type.  Wish I could
remember...

(One trip to the attic later)

You can remove them carefully.  There are about five captive white
plastic pins on the sill panal, which snap into little black plastic
sockets in the metal.  These sockets are still attached to my spares, so
I imagine they popped out of the metal easier than the pins popped out
of them.  The spares show no signs of damage, so I think you will be ok
so long as you go slow and gentle.

-- 
Huw Powell

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