i am currently in the process of sanding my car so that i can primer it. i need to know how to take the crome trim off the door where the window is. Does anyone know any tips that will make this easier?(the sanding and primering).

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I just pulled all the chrome off my 1975 115 300D to paint it but after looking at the chrome strips on the trailing edge of the door windows I decided to leave them and let the painter mask around them. I didn't want to damage the window track weather striping so I just left the chrome in place. All the rest of the chrome mostly just pops off as I am sure you have found. Be careful if you pull out the license plate lights. The plastic on mine just gave up. About $40 jobber's cost from MB for the set.

i got the window trim off. it just popps off.i have removed the trim on the door and am in the process of fixing rust and pulling dents. i pulled some of them with a "ding king" dent puller "as seen on tv". it works pretty well.

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does anyone know where i can get the little plastic parts that hold the bottom trim on the door?

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Click on Fastlane above if it is not listed email Phil at PartsShop and he will get them for you inexpensively and ASAP.

Good luck,

You really should not be sanding the paint to get it off...
You should be using a ' stripper' so you can avoid breathing the ( very likely ) lead containing dust... not good for you in ANY amount... if you use a liquid stripper then you wipe it off with paper towels and dispose of it without it ever entering your lungs... or your family's......

i wear a resperator and im the only one around when im sanding it. also i dont wanna take the original primer coat off. i just wanna rough it up so the new primer will stick.

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Consumer Product Safety Commision stopped lead in paint in the USA in 1978. I'd bet auto paint regulation was around that time. You can likely bet that Germany was ahead of us there. VOC were regulated lower at a later date, so a 1984 car would typically have little/no lead, but a OC solvent.

Respirator still a good idea.

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1984 300SD (bought new, sold it in 1988, bought it back 13 yrs. later)

I just bought a bunch of these for my 115 300D at the MB shop and got some others at my local parts shop. They come in bubble packs of 10 or so and are very cheap.

does fast lane carry them? i cant find them

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Jabaj007, This EPA site seems to contradict your assumption when it states:

" Since 1977, household paint cannot contain more than 0.06% lead by dry weight. However, high lead contents are still allowable in automobile paint, bridge paint, heavy equipment paint, street markings, and any non-residential paint. The lead limit in these paints can be whatever amount is deemed necessary by the manufacturer. "

http://www.epa.gov/grtlakes/seahome/housewaste/house/lead.htm

I think that a kit is available for about $10 to check paint for lead...

Germany's laws concerning emission of industrial volatiles auto emissions and use of wonderful (but nasty) chemicals like cadmium have been pretty far BEHIND us in many respects. But then again, when was the last time there was a fire on the Rhine?

Betting is unnecessary .... and with a person's health at issue it would seem better to either test or use liquids to remove it...
It would be much less work... and I will bet a better paint job ... to take off all the paint with stripper and put new paint on from the metal up....
Everything I have seen written concerning painting suggests using paint from the same manufacturer made to go together... if you do and something drastically goes wrong they will likely redo your paint job for you... if you mix and match you are on your own... and having painted three entire cars in my lifetime I know what an incredible amount of elbow grease is involved... Not worth the risk of having to start over to me....