i30 Owners Club
MODIFYING OR DETAILING YOUR I30 => EXTERIOR => Topic started by: Mal on March 06, 2025, 11:52:40
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Hi folks,
In WA every coating left in our sun will eventually fall to bits !
My 2011 FD, was really beginning to be let down by the black coated roof strips so I removed them today and took all the black coating off leaving the stainless steel. Not an easy job, but it sure looks a better now than it did before.
Now, the side window seals are the same and the glass window rubber is turning rock hard and beginning to crack up.
I've just sent away for a set of seals from ebay, not expensive, but is there a video somewhere on how to fit them ?
I've spent some time searching without a result so I'm hoping someone else has had the same issue and can assist and or post a video link please.
Many thanks ...Mal WA (a great place to bake cars !)
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Hi Folks
Following up to my previous post, while I had the same issue as another person in the forum in the removal of these door trims, i.e. one screw in the front two in the rear doors, like them I couldn't get them off and and didn't want to break anything either. Therefore I rubbed down the trims in situ, taking off all the back I could and blended what I couldn't remove, the best I could.
I then masked off the area, sprayed with 3 coats of etch primer and left overnight. This morning I cleaned the strips once again and sprayed with Dupli-color Trim and Bumper paint. According to the info on the can it dries to a flexible finish and has lasting UV protection.
Well, it isn't prefect but certainly looks a 100 % better than it did before. Will it last in the WA sun, who knows, most likely not but if it lasts a couple years it would have been worth the effort.
The early i30's are great cars, In my opinion they seem to be built better than the latest offerings from Hyundai especially the body panels (shut lines !) .... I suspect they're being built by a factory very different from where the FD's were built.
I hope they look at some of the negative comments being made in various sites and reviews and react positively.
I would like to buy another one, but they're making it very hard !