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Old 12-14-2006, 02:38 PM
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Default I want to take off these decals

The previous owner of this car put these decals on, I don't really like the way it looks so I want to take them off.

The problem is that I have no idea how long these have been on the car so I don't know that if I rip them off if the paint will be slightly different because of it fading.





What should I do?
Old 12-14-2006, 02:51 PM
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remove small part of it and check the paint condition/fading?

then use some googoo gone
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Originally Posted by bastien
remove small part of it and check the paint condition/fading?

then use some googoo gone
Like the part on the fuel filler door. Even if it is slightly faded, your 'Bird would look better w/o the grafx.
Old 12-14-2006, 02:57 PM
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Oh my sweet lord that is FUGLY! get rid of it.
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^HA
I know i know

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ok, ill take off a small part and see what it looks like,
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Use a heat gun. Should come right off.
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ok i took off a small part, paint looks good, no turning back!





I just dug into it with my fingernail and it peeled off just fine.
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Do it! Do it! I think all you'll need once the decals are gone is a session with a Porter Cable and some good polish.
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Alright there off!

looks soo much better

kinda bad pictures



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Big difference and good choice, those graphics were UGLY
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I had the same issue when I bought mine...ew, just ew.

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Good decision!
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haha good choice. Those were not sweet.. whatso ever
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.... Those decals were probably worth 20-30 hp...OH WELL........... ....................
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Looks like a totally different car. Remove the side moldings now?
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much better
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looks alot better! Good choice!
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Looks good there, i love seeing green lt1 birds. I have a yellow green metallic 96 ta that came with some ugly tan pinstripping. Day 1 having the car I removed them and it looked so much better.

I can't believe someone liked having those graphics on the car, they are hideous.
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you need some rims, but besides that the car looks 10000x better!!
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Definitely remove the side molding as well. Great looking car. I love that color too. My 94 Camaro was that color.


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