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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:01 pm 
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I wish to remove the pin stripes from my NF.

What is a good method of removing them? The car is going in for panel repairs tomorrow afternoon and the car would look cleaner without them.

 

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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:23 pm 
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use a heat gun to soften them and then just peel them off.

 

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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:59 pm 
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when i had my old lane i used high pressure water (by accident) then did the whole lot.
Then rubbed it down with some goo remover/cleaner (paint friendly) and it was if they were never there.

Took all of 10min extra of washing the car lol.

IF they are stubborn you will need to heat them up with heat gun or borrow a hair drier?

 

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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:54 pm 
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Heat gun, or ask the panel shop to remove them for you.
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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:13 am 
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none of u guys had any probs with them leaving a dark line downt he sides of the car?

 

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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 11:25 pm 
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I removed some pin stripes from my old GLi. The paint underneath was brighter. There was a little gunk left which I took care of with some wax & grease remover.
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Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:16 pm 
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i used the edge of a credit card for both my cars. mine were really stubborn though took me about an hour for each side. used just a basic polish to remove the rest of the gunk. have fun!

 

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Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:59 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
I removed some pin stripes from my old GLi. The paint underneath was brighter. There was a little gunk left which I took care of with some wax & grease remover.


so did u do anything about the brighter paint underneath?

 

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