I have the carbon fiber version and like usual, it has faded.

I have replaced all of the CF but this piece but I think I want to now. Most of the sills that I see are the short ones.

Mine are the ones that wrap around the door jamb.

Has anyone taken these off? Is it tough? A lot of stickem left behind?

I think I want to go to the short aluminum version

-Keith

 

I replaced for a friend of mine. Not hard, just a lot of patience and good strong muscle. The best way is using a heat gun to soften the stickem. First, try to heat up the entire length of the sill. Then heat up the rear end of the sill, make sure don't leave the gun too close or too long. Use your own judgment. Turn off the gun, and use your fingers to pull up slowly. If adhesive still hard, heat it up again. Try again. Once the first few inches loosen you can have better holding power of the sill and the job is more easy. Stop when you can't pull up anymore. Again, heat gun is needed. Do this procedure until you lift the whole sill out. Use Gumout to quickly clean up the stickem.

It is much easier with two persons, and patience is the key. GL!

 

Does the residue come off relatively easily in case i opt for the shorter sills instead of my long ones? Any discoloration?

If I am not worried about ruining my current ones, I technically couldn't overheat them right? Or is their secondary damage at risk?

Thanks!

Keith

 

Ah, if you don't care ruining the current ones, then no need for slowly pull up the sill. Once you heat up the sill and get a good grip pull up hard, but still stop when you can't pull much further. Heat it up again to make job easy to work with.

The stickem material is almost the same as black silicon gum that you find at the Home Depot for sealing PVC pipe. No discoloring involved. The paint is in pristine when I cleaned up all the sticky gum, nice and smooth. Yes, you can damage the paint and the door weatherproof rubber seal if you have the gun too close and too long on one spot.

Warning! For secondary damage can be your fingers, your arms and your back. Hahaha!

 

The sticky gum can be remove fast & EZ with Gumout. That is why I recommended.

 

i did it on my gt3 no probs. i'm sure that using a heat gun will be even easier.

 

Thanks guys!

Now the decision to re-carbon or go aluminum!