Technique passed to me by a citroen Mechanic

sleepy0905 · Post by **sleepy0905** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 10:41 am

Hi all thought i would pass this on after talking to a mechanic, Right all those glued on pannels on the bx especially the smoked windows on the c pillar are easy to remove without breaking so i had to ask how the responce is as follows.

Take a length of Mig welding wire and feed it all the way round the pannel and pull it tight against the glue then take a 12V car battery and connect each end to the battery for a few seconds while carefully pulling the wire like a cheese wire then disconect and let cool for a few seconds then repeat the process keep doing this till you have cut through all the glue and there you have one panel removed without breaking.

The mechanic i spoke to has removed tons of glued on panels this way with no problems.

If anyone uses this technique let me know how it works with pictures if possible.

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 1:23 pm

What a great idea!

Cornishbx16v · Post by **Cornishbx16v** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 4:27 pm

any fansd of scrap heap challenge would have seen hot wire cutting a fair few times!

Toddman · Post by **Toddman** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:42 pm

I give that the thumbs up

Thanks for sharing Aaron

Cheers
Luke