Does anybody know of a good way to remove the pinstriping that the dealership decided they must charge me for? I love how they did such a terrific job putting on only the highest quality pinstrip and window tint (sarcasm expressed here). I would like to take it off, if it's not too much of a pain. It doesn't look bad but i think it would look a little cleaner without. THanks

 

razor blade and googone for any adhesive left on the car.

You can buy a large bottle of googone at Target for like $3 and just soak it and razor blade it off.

 

I would advise against this.....goo gone with any rag and a little pressure will scratch the surface of your paint, you're better off with a heat gun if you can get one or a hair dryer with a razor blade....and be careful!

 

I would think the razor blade would be potentially worse for the paint than the goo gone. Am i wrong? I really don't want to scratch the car over this, the pinstrip doesn't look bad, it just doesn't look good. Thanks for the ideas though, if anyone has any other ideas or can confirm the ones above i would appreciate it.

 

the goo gone will scratch the surface of your paint, how do i know this, because it happened to me, the first letter i debadged on my trunk i used goo gone to remove the excess adhesive with a t shirt and it scratched my paint surface, now it has spider webbing.

the razor blade does not have to be used to remove the entire decal, you just use it to get started and restarted when the decal rips, but most importantly use a heat gun or blow dryer, it'll help with the decal constantly tearing.

if the pin striping was just recently applied, the quicker you remove it the better, because after a while it will leave a tan line on your paint job depending on the color of your car.

 

How was it that a liquid scratched your paint?

Any chance that there was grains of sand on the paint, razor blade or t-shirt when you did it?

Maybe its not noticeable on my car since its an older car but I've never noticed it on any of my friend's cars.

 

actually i continued to use the goo gone to debadge the rest of my trunk, it only scratched the first letter i removed because i used too much pressure when trying to remove the adhesive left on the car.

didn't use a razor blade at all to debadge it, just fishing line, goo gone, and a rag.

 

I believe 3M makes a deal specifically for removing pinstripes like this. That's all I can tell ya on that one, so maybe chek their site...
-Joe

 

Thanks everyone, i'll check out my options, i appreciate all of the advice.

 

I think its because you used a TSHIRT. Not the goo gone. I took off the letters w/ floss and the sun. Then I tried using a towel and Goo Gone to remove a letter. It was scratched up, so what I did was soak a towel in Goo Gone and laid it ontop of the gunk. Eventually they came off easily. It took a while though to let it sit and soak. I used some polish the remove the scratches. They weren't big or anything...

 

use the razor blade on the person who decided pin striping was still cool...that would be the person at the dealership who probably has a black vinyl BRA on the front of his car.

All seriousness....heat gun to soften the removal, goo gone or decal stripper (recommended) from automotive paint store and CLEAN cloth, light touch on the rest if needed. You can just rub thr adhesive off just with your fingertips into little booger ***** and then clean everything up with a cleaner/wax. I did this to the window frames of my boy's Xb, no chemicals needed

 

Thanks for all of the advice, My car is an '05 CGM so i don't think I'll have any problems with discoloration yet, right?

 

No way, and if you did , you would be the only one to notice it.

 

Wow, I am from the old school. Blowdryer and thumbnail have worked for 30 years here. Then WD-40 will pull the gum without surface scratches.

Your thumbnail might mar the surface a bit, but one quick run down the panels with one finger where the line used be with a polish (DuPont #7) and the same with a wax of your choice and you'd be done. Same works for any emblems (fishing line passed between the badge and paint will pop it right off without damage to the badge in case you change your mind). If your sure you don't want them, rip 'em right off with your fingers... bending towards you as you go!

 

Even if you were to get scratches on the paint when using a rag and goo gone, it is just in your clear coat, so all you need to do is polish it a little bit and you are golden. I did it on my 2000 imp wagon, all my read badges are gone now. Any scratches that were there are gone now.