[coily96]

How does the plate behind the plastic trim come off? Looks to be tacked on.

[zukmeista]

There are spot welds, best way to remove them is with a spot weld drill bit.

[buzbox]

Grinder.

Drill it out and obviously you'd be left with holes.

[zukmeista]

Its a special drill bit, if you do it right there won't be any holes, would much prefer that than something that makes lots of sparks near your nice paint.

[steve125]

you'll need a spot weld drill bit, costs about $12 from auto paint shops.

[christover1]

never even knew they existed

[got_bar_work]

That would have been better then welding up all the holes

[KEENSY85]

I'd still grind them, or practice first u can still drill all the way through

[Reubs]

steve125 wrote:

you'll need a spot weld drill bit, costs about $12 from auto paint shops.

Trade tools have spot weld bits. I paid about $20-25 ea. for mine.

Judging by the wear on my set, I used a 6.5mm spot weld bit to remove my coily sills.

KEENSY85 wrote:

I'd still grind them, or practice first u can still drill all the way through

Don't do that - if you use a 6.5mm bit and are very precise I found you are left with just a tiny bit of weld that can be broken off easily.

I only drilled through 1 when I tried an 8mm bit!

[Lokidog]

I ground mine, worked well, but obviously you need to used some filler to smooth off the grinder marks, even the really small ones. I would use the spot weld drill tip if I ever did it again.

[coily96]

well thanks for the help, i think i will use the 6.5mm bit, not fussed on how it turns out as i plan to paint 100mm from the bottom up in black.