I'm preparing my black '86 GT for a paint job. I plan to remove all of the trim, door handles, etc. so I can prepare the body by sanding. Can someone tell me how to remove the belt molding from the rear bumper cover and the small belt molding pieces in front of the front side marker lights? Do I need to remove the front and rear bumper covers to remove these?

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Mike in Sydney

without getting to in depth, yes you do need to remove the bumpers to remove the trim. hope all is well in OZ.

rear moulding on bumper is part of bumper and doesnt come off. the rest is held on with screws and push clips...

The only thing removable is the GT emblem on the rear cover.

Thanks, guys. I may drop the bumper covers anyway to make painting easier. I'll ask the painter what's best. It may be a full, panel-off paint job. I kinda thought that the rear molding was part of the rear bumper cover but I was looking for confirmation. I'm about 80% sure the belt molding in front of the forward side marker lights are separate pieces but I could be wrong. Does anyone know to remove them?

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Mike in Sydney

quote Originally posted by Mike in Sydney: Thanks, guys. I may drop the bumper covers anyway to make painting easier. I'll ask the painter what's best. It may be a full, panel-off paint job. I kinda thought that the rear molding was part of the rear bumper cover but I was looking for confirmation. I'm about 80% sure the belt molding in front of the forward side marker lights are separate pieces but I could be wrong. Does anyone know to remove them?

This is how they come off

Thanks for the picture. I was guessing a clip or something similar. I would have broken them, for sure. I'll drop the fender liner and get a wrench on it.

Stay socially isolated, folks. Here in country Australia my closest neighbour is half a kilometre. We've got plenty of bog-rolls (it's what it sounds like) and the beer-fridge in the shop is stocked with plenty of Corona, Budweisser, and One-fifty Lashes pale ale. Also, I find that liberal applications of brake cleaner, motor-oil, and Go-Jo work well for disinfecting my hands.

If you like cowboy poetry, here's some from down under: https://youtu.be/ia0bfWbOLjY

Be safe.

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Mike in Sydney

Those things are so very difficult to remove. It requires a 10mm socket and it seems that all 10mm sockets have inexplicably disappeared or been lost.

LOL...No worries, Mate. Got lots of 10-mm sockets in the toolbox. Yours must come south to be with the rest of the metric brood.https://www.fiero.nl/forum/icons/icon12.gif

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Mike in Sydney

Liked the Cowboy poetry!!
It's a shame that some people react so stupid in face of a crisis…!?
We have had the same types of idiots here organising "family" BBQs, and other taking their rabbits for a walk in order to get out of the house.

For the 10mm sockets, there's no shortage of them here in France.

Good job to repaint your Fiero. I went through the same total strip down when I did mine, and yes the little 10mm nuts really drive you nuts. Especially when they chew up the plastic stem and refuse to come off!!

Stay safe and stay healthy,
Rafe

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'87 Fiero GT. 3800 turbo. Sticky tyres. Driven hard!