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Need help dealing with a pinstripe (Pics added 6/12))
So I just purchased a NMB 2002 TA, and the previous owner had tan pinstripes on the car. I was not a fan, so I slowly peeled them off. I also used some safe sticker removal to get all the glue residue off, and it looks good...
Except when I peeled the stripe off of the driver's door, there was another stripe of the same color under it So I go to peel that one off, and it won't budge. It looks like the clearcoat might be over it. At the very edge of the door I got a small piece off, and the paint looked good underneath it, but the rest I don't want to mess with since it will not peel off at all. Other than taking it to a body shop, anyone know what my next step should be?
Except when I peeled the stripe off of the driver's door, there was another stripe of the same color under it So I go to peel that one off, and it won't budge. It looks like the clearcoat might be over it. At the very edge of the door I got a small piece off, and the paint looked good underneath it, but the rest I don't want to mess with since it will not peel off at all. Other than taking it to a body shop, anyone know what my next step should be?
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if someone blended the door at one time and taped up the stripe, applied color then removed the tape over the stripe and cleared the door, the stripe will need to be removed with a stripe remover (air tool with a rubber wheel) and the door will have to be repainted, and you could run into blending the fender and quarter panel to match,,,,
I know it sounds crazy that some idiot would tape a stripe up to paint a panel and then clear over it but i see this every day and it drives me crazzzzzzy!!!!
I know it sounds crazy that some idiot would tape a stripe up to paint a panel and then clear over it but i see this every day and it drives me crazzzzzzy!!!!
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if someone blended the door at one time and taped up the stripe, applied color then removed the tape over the stripe and cleared the door, the stripe will need to be removed with a stripe remover (air tool with a rubber wheel) and the door will have to be repainted, and you could run into blending the fender and quarter panel to match,,,,
I know it sounds crazy that some idiot would tape a stripe up to paint a panel and then clear over it but i see this every day and it drives me crazzzzzzy!!!!
I know it sounds crazy that some idiot would tape a stripe up to paint a panel and then clear over it but i see this every day and it drives me crazzzzzzy!!!!
Here is where I started to try and take it off, you can see the clearcoat coming with it, so I just stopped.
Notice how the pinstrip fades as it goes toward the front of the car, very odd. About 1/3 of the stripe is partially blue.
I'd hate to spend hundreds to take care of this. Any way to remove the clear, then take the stripe off, and re-clear it? Of course I could always put another pinstripe on over it, but I like the clean look.
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Took the car to the body shop today and they said that taking it off would leave an a strip with no clearcoat. In other words, they would have to take it off, and repaint the panel..all because somebody was too lazy to take the stripe off and cleared over it.
I couldn't justify the cost of repainting the door and then blending, so I'm getting a metallic charcoal stripe put on over it. While I'd prefer no stripe at all, I think that this will look pretty sharp.
I couldn't justify the cost of repainting the door and then blending, so I'm getting a metallic charcoal stripe put on over it. While I'd prefer no stripe at all, I think that this will look pretty sharp.