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[GSR94T]

hey guys
for those who actually have taken them off which would be a few of you,
what's the best way to get the rubber strips on the side of the roof / above the doors , unclipped without damaging the clips on the car , as well as not bending the actual steel enforced roof rubbers and its clips?

just a quick pic because im bad at explaining them:


i remember a friend of mine took off his on his gsr and broke the clips on the car, as well as bending the crap out of steel/rubber strips.

i guess what im asking is besides taking them off slowly etc. is there a special method, like starting from the boot side and lifting upwards slowly ?

[Dr_Twist]

I have the passengers side one missing on my Car, however local Mitsubishi Dealerships want an arm and a leg for its replacement. Would be nice if there was somewhere online that sold this sort of thing rather cheap.

[GSR94T]

nah i dont wanna replace them , cant justify spending that much on such a petty thing. youre right, if they were cheap then bingo.

i have both of mine, but theyre starting to crack and look s-house

i want to take them off in a way i wont stuff them, and then im gonna paint strip them, primer and spray them... i have nothing to lose, they cant look any worse than they do right now. if it comes out disastrous then ill consider replacing them.

but if im definately gonna stuff them as soon as theyre taken off then i may as well leave them there to rot

[Entaran]

Take yoru car to a local panelbeater and just ask there

Lots faster.

They'll probably do it for you if you ask nice

[GSRSOL]

you can buy new clips from mitsubishi

ive already looked into it, as i need to buy 2 new roof strips for my car ....

it is almost impossible to remove the strip without damaging some clips, especially around the rear and front windscreen, where there may be sealant from the glass that is also holding the clips in place .....

[Liberoz]

most of the clips acually slide one direction which locks it into place so you need a pick driver with elbow on the end and enter from the edge closest to the centre of the car the flexable edge, some will have met panel sealant on the production line and you wont be able to slide them off to unlock the clip from the turret and the strip.
Careful when removing if you still wish to keep and reuse the strip you are taking off.
Good Luck.

[GSR-747]

I have mine off at the moment, pulled at them gently,never bent or broke anything, I think I started at the windscreen end, I am planning on doing the same as you, just gotta get around to being in the right mood to do it!
I have started sanding them down, have fun if they arnt all that bad as the rubber when not brittle enough is a lot of work to remove!

[Evo-00x]

We never got the roof strips (rain guards) or clips with the Mrs sedan so we had to buy new ones from Mitsu for $10 each for the clips. I think there were 12 all up :roll: Havent got the strips yet because we're still looking for a good pair from a wreckers as Mitsu's price for new ones would pay for a whole new set of tyres instead!!

[GSR94T]

have fun if they arnt all that bad as the rubber when not brittle enough is a lot of work to remove!

mine are very brittle.. you can start peeling it off its all cracked

but thats exactly what i was after.

thanks heaps guys

[gilly]

both mine came off at high speed. Most the clips broke, so I got a panel beater to repsray them, straighten them, and then they used sikaflex to glue them into the channels.

Didnt cost too much, under $100 although i was getting other work done at the time.

[GSR94T]

time for an update.

i started stripping back my roof rubbers, to find that one of them had a rusted hole through it... probably repairable, but im easy in giving up so i threw them out :shock:

decided to ring around

i knew mitsu was a rip off for them, but i rang anyway - liverpool mcgrath spares. the pair totalled $406 !!!! ($203 each side) ba hahhaha.

then I decided to ring Proton spares in campbelltown (NSW). Told them I had a 95 Wira sedan, told them what I needed, and the pair was $171 . Had to pay up front and theyre ordering them in

Those rubber things still arent worth that kind of money, but compared to mitsu spares i thought 'stuff it' and just bought them.

I also asked them for the part numbers so i could post it for any of you guys interested


I forgot which one was left and which one was right, but these are the part numbers anyway (for proton spares of course)

PW534221
PW534222

[GSRSOL]

time for an update.

i started stripping back my roof rubbers, to find that one of them had a rusted hole through it... probably repairable, but im easy in giving up so i threw them out :shock:

decided to ring around

i knew mitsu was a rip off for them, but i rang anyway - liverpool mcgrath spares. the pair totalled $406 !!!! ($203 each side) ba hahhaha.

then I decided to ring Proton spares in campbelltown (NSW). Told them I had a 95 Wira sedan, told them what I needed, and the pair was $171 . Had to pay up front and theyre ordering them in

Those rubber things still arent worth that kind of money, but compared to mitsu spares i thought 'stuff it' and just bought them.

I also asked them for the part numbers so i could post it for any of you guys interested


I forgot which one was left and which one was right, but these are the part numbers anyway (for proton spares of course)

PW534221
PW534222

you may find that they are not black, I looked into this option aswell, and the protons ones I could find were a dark grey :?


the cheapest i could find from mitsubishi, was mitsubishi chadstone, at ~ 180 a side ...

[GSR94T]

you may find that they are not black, I looked into this option aswell, and the protons ones I could find were a dark grey :?


the cheapest i could find from mitsubishi, was mitsubishi chadstone, at ~ 180 a side ...

so $360 a pair lol... absolute joke ay!

haha yeah i suspected this might be the case (similar to how the GSR door scuff plates are black, and the CC sedans/Wira sedans are dark grey) so youre gonna be absolutely right.

but to be honest, i couldnt care less. id much rather pay $171 a pair for dark grey ones and save paying an additional $189 on top for a slightly darker colour Im paying less for a pair compared to what mitsu wants for just one side...it will be hardley noticeable. my gsr is charcoal/course grey - so itll blend in perfect, maybe even better than black strips

But for anyone who is looking for new strips, buy the proton ones, and buy a can of black spraypaint (if your handy/patient, unlike myself) and that will total $180 for a new pair

[GSRSOL]

But for anyone who is looking for new strips, buy the proton ones, and buy a can of black spraypaint (if your handy/patient, unlike myself) and that will total $180 for a new pair

I was about to suggest that 8)

[JSTYLE]

meh.. i need 10 new clips cos i just did my rear window.. $9.90 each RRP.. $7.45 each trade.. fucken rip! im gonna go down to the wreckers and score some.

Jon

[GSR94T]

10 new clips.. damn...

i need 3... i stuffed 3 of them when i took off the side ones

[JSTYLE]

i got 5 from a wreckers! only have to find another 5.. hehehehhehe

Jon

[GSR-747]

dont pait em, I would suggest maybe some vinyl dye/paint maybe but you would nearly be better off to just make sure you keep up the maintanance with armoral so they dont get brittle, but I dont think it will work good once they have paint on them?

[Evo-00x]

Actually, my Mrs said that she spoke to a guy from a car windscreen replacement company when we got her windscreen replaced. He told her that they can supply them heaps cheaper because they buy bags of them because they end up damaging stock ones when they replace windscreens. Could be worth checking out

[GSR94T]

ok guys

i wouldnt suggest the product "Back to black" . thats the product i used to use on my rubbers whenever they looked a bit faded, and next thing you know they became brittle and cracked - however this may have been a coincidence though and may have been caused by age i guess

anyway i picked up my rubbers today from proton spares, and don't worry - you dont even have to paint them - they already came BLACK , exact same as the original GSR ones. cheering!

They also come with all brand new clips already attached to them, and the clips are identical to the gsr ones as well..

they were $86 each side (GST already included) so totalled $172