Side Molding Changing Colours

[vlee]

OK i have a pearl white 3 hatch and i notice on both front side doors the side moldings have yellow spots. does anyone have this problem and what did you do to fix it? Is this covered by the warranty? Car is only 3 mths old.

[WhiteSpeed3]

yes i started noticing it to i think its time to pull them off

[Skarbro]

Rip off those ugly things.

[yearoftherat]

ONly after 3 months ...wtf??? Check with ur stealership to see if it is covered

[MattC]

Take Em Off!

[Cardinal Fang]

I seem to recall a post on the old board about this spotting happening to the pearl white finishes. Still another post mentioned that the dealership thought it was the rust coming off the calipers.

In this thread:

http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/sh...ght=rust+spots

The consensus seems to be that it can be taken out if you clay bar the car. Hope that helps and if it does please remember to use the search function next time.

This moment of "majic" brought to you politely by Cardinal Fang

[Caz]

You have 2 options
1. Clay bar them
2. remove them

[MAZDA Kitten]

You have 2 options
1. Clay bar them
2. remove them

3. Texturize them (sorry its the VW in me)

WHICH would look hot

[Kevin@nextmod]

IIRC....when i pulled out my moldings, i found out the moldings were not body colored. Its just normal plane ugly white.

[zoomette]

clay bar won't work.....mine wouldn't go away
I noticed it after a week that I had the car

[EvilDeadFan]

Visit the dealer. Have them replaced if you want them that bad. But keep in mind they are not functional on the car. It' s just that Soccer moms in north america seem to feel safer with strips on their doors for some reason.. so they're here. They will not protect your paint/doors in anything but ideal conditions. Grocery carts, taller vehicles, shorter vehicles, oddly shaped doors will all gouge your doors.

Park further, and safer and it won't be a problem. No door dents yet.... and that's because I don't wedge my car into the first closest spot available. I park in the back in the space with many available spots around me. It's also better exercise, and looks better without door strips..

[vlee]

ok it's been 3 months since i got my m3... if i take them off now and since i park in on my driveway with the sun always shining on it, will it leave a line on the doors if i take them off now?

how do i take them off? a regular blow dryer?

[PlatMS6]

3. Texturize them (sorry its the VW in me)

WHICH would look hot

Yeap nothin better than taking some bedliner to MK4 rub-strips

[Caz]

3. Texturize them (sorry its the VW in me)

WHICH would look hot

Barf!

[Zubbie]

After all the problems I've had with removing my door moldings, everything including the different colour that was underneath them is gone...

It'll take a few washes and waxes and at least one clay bar, but in the end it looks so clean!

[MAZDA Kitten]

Yeap nothin better than taking some bedliner to MK4 rub-strips

LOL you know it

[MAZDA Kitten]

Barf!

You people have no taste!

[Unoriginalusername]

You people have no taste!

or imagination... ^^^ looks good

[PlatMS6]

I think it looks even better on a White or Silver Golf/Jetta

[Caz]

I think it would look even better if it matched the colour of the car.

[Tokic_o]

back to the OP.....i have 07 mazda 3 sport GT also....and my side moldings were having yellow spots on em too....showed YOTR also...haha we were stumped where they could be from....anyways i ended up ripping them off today haha looks nice and smooth =D