Advice for removing chrome strips and pinstripe

Eu-GenixX · 17-10-2007, 09:49 PM

was just wondering how i should remove the chrome edging around my wheel arches.. and the pinstripe that runs along the body?... if i remove these.. will i be left with a disgusting mess underneath?.. the wheel arches aren't so much of an issue.. i'm sure i can clean that up... i'm just more concerned abotu what will happen if i remove the pin stripes....

here's a pic...

V3RSAC3 · 17-10-2007, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Eu-GenixX

was just wondering how i should remove the chrome edging around my wheel arches.. and the pinstripe that runs along the body?... if i remove these.. will i be left with a disgusting mess underneath?.. the wheel arches aren't so much of an issue.. i'm sure i can clean that up... i'm just more concerned abotu what will happen if i remove the pin stripes....

here's a pic...

im not possitive ... but try heating the paint with a hair dryer? then they should just peel off ... then use Metho to clean off the remainder glue!

are you considering selling your chrome wheel arches??

BFD83 · 18-10-2007, 01:53 AM

I had chrome strips above the wheel arches on mine too ages ago! As much as i hated them i was too lazy to take them off..it wasnt until i had a car accident that when it was in the smash repairers i just asked them to take them off and im so glad they aint on anymore cauz they look horrible and tacky!

Eu-GenixX · 18-10-2007, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by V3RSAC3

im not possitive ... but try heating the paint with a hair dryer? then they should just peel off ... then use Metho to clean off the remainder glue!

are you considering selling your chrome wheel arches??

i'll see what they are like once i get them off....did you want them?
i'll sell them for 50 gazillion billion dollars... hehe

thanks for the replies...

Eu-GenixX · 18-10-2007, 11:16 AM

well i just took the chrome strips off... they were only held on with double sided tape...

the pin stripes will prove a little more difficult to remove... i think it will be a slow process... hair dryer doesn't heat it enuf to effect it... will try again on the weekend with different methods... perhaps some metho...