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cjohnson
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Registered: 27th Apr 08
Location: silsden,west yorks.Drive: Astra van
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30th Aug 08 at 00:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hi, as in title, I'm looking to de rub strip my car tomorrow... How do I do it, ensuring not to take off any paint...

Cheers Carl..
Bobber123
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30th Aug 08 at 01:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
use a heat gun to heat the bits you want to remove, or use boiling water, once there off use a white spirit type fluid to get any sticky bits left on
Huwsi
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30th Aug 08 at 01:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Depending on what year your car is, it may need spraying anyway
cjohnson
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30th Aug 08 at 13:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It's a 2000 w... Do you think I'd be better off leaving them alone?
Mobby
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30th Aug 08 at 13:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by cjohnson
It's a 2000 w... Do you think I'd be better off leaving them alone?


well you have a better chance of not causing damage than i did with my 1993 model
cjohnson
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30th Aug 08 at 13:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


^^^^
My car..
cjohnson
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30th Aug 08 at 13:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hmmmm it's just the risk, it scares me! lol, I wanna do it but don't dare!
Steve X16XE
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30th Aug 08 at 13:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I removed them off mine and found this in the paint work..
Huwsi
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30th Aug 08 at 13:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
^^^^I had the same and mine was a '99

Good excuse to get stuff done in the body shop TBH
cjohnson
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30th Aug 08 at 14:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
fuck it then, I'm leaving mine on! lol
Huwsi
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30th Aug 08 at 14:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Don't be put off though

Some people have managed to sort it with wet and dry, it just so happpened that i had some surface rust so i had to rub it down and spry it any case
Fraser Young
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30th Aug 08 at 14:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by cjohnson
Hmmmm it's just the risk, it scares me! lol, I wanna do it but don't dare!


tbf, if u take them off, and the paint is faded/mismatching, you could always just stick them back on... if not, result!
lisac
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30th Aug 08 at 15:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Managed to get mine off all ok just had to give good polish and wax off afterwards. Used hairdryer to take it off, and petrol to take the remanants of glue off, Beware can be a long job as i took mine off loads of glue was left on. I know there is an air tool you can use if you have a compressor cant remember what it is but will take it straight off
Huwsi
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30th Aug 08 at 15:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ooh, use "Sticky stuff remover" to get the glue off- it works a treat.
mattk
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30th Aug 08 at 15:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
just leave them on, Corsas look shite without them anyway
will_ainsworth
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30th Aug 08 at 15:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
also it saves parking dints if you have them... colour code them?
Daveskater
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30th Aug 08 at 18:37   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Colour coded bump strips are the way forward imo.

The last owner took mine off, wish he hadn't There was still bits of glue left on one side when I bought it

Numberwang!

Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men

Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle

Look at my pictures
cjohnson
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30th Aug 08 at 22:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well no I don't really fancy them colour coded... Too much cost/hassle to do lol... I've decided that they're staying (at least for now anyway).. Until I pluck up the courage to do it haha

nah it looks more subtle with them on and thats kind of the look I'm after...

Cheers..
chloe16v
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31st Aug 08 at 00:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i debadged the back of my car and you can still see where the letters were we could never get ALL the glue off, but got most of it off

 
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