those damn pinstripes

[Nerfdude]

anyone have suggestions on how to get my stupid pinstripes off my car without destroying my paint? is that possible? they've got cuts and junk in em...

[aqwkmf]

try a heat gun....and next time search...a thread like 3 down from this is talking about the same thing

[CoasTek240]

ask dsc.. he knows how.. it takes a lot of time patience, and good blow dryer or heat gun.. after wards u can use some alcohol to clean it up

[SRskillaDET]

there is a tool that makes this job much easier.  i dont remember the name of it, but it attaches to the end of a drill and its like a big circular spinning eraser.  its great.  we used it to take the ugly gold pinstripes off of thorpedo's car.  i wish i could tell you where you could get one.  i got it from a friend of my dad's who owns a body shop.  hope this helps.

[Nerfdude]

what you're describing sounds like a really cheap buffer... my dad has an oscillating buffer already, but i didn't know you could use them to remove trim...:notify: and the post three down from mine was talking about the fat black strip, not the pinstripes....  thanks guys.

[uiuc240]

ok, so my pinstripes look and feel like PAINT.  i tried getting them off with a razor blade and they just come off in little chips.  do you have any thoughts on what i should do?  the big black strips pulled off in 5 minutes all around the car.  the pinstripes are being far more ghey.

Eric

[BRSTYLE240SX]

anybody wanna make a long and nice and good answer to this and faq it? i would.. but i dunno the answer lol!

Later!

[toddnappi]

Dude its so easy... I bought a can of Gum and Adhesive remover from PepBoys for $3. Then just sprayed on and scraped with my nail or a ice scraper. No damage to paint, but there was a noticeable brighter "line" in the car from the paint fade.

[Nerfdude]

ugh, it's gonna be an all day job... i'll do the fat stripes tonight.. shaving one's car is a bitch =\
on a side note... any suggestions on getting my "Nissan" and "SE" badges of my deck lid?

[YellwMonky]

um...i dunno about everyone else but i took off my red pinstripes with a blowdryer and my fingers. I don't have any paint problems whatsoever. Just a little extra adhesive stuck on their but that's an easy thing to take off with just some good 3m adhesive remover. Wow....an all day job only took me 20 mins...I'm a lucky guy !!

[240meowth]

it's quite easy, just use heat gun, and you can also use meguire's step 1 cleaner to get rid of residues.  look @ my homepage, the first few pics have pine strips, the rest don't, it's eazy

[gh6o6]

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on a side note... any suggestions on getting my "Nissan" and "SE" badges of my deck lid?</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
lighter fluid - no joke (dont light it)