ssteven

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My 2000 z28 came with thin gray in striping down the entire length of the car. Time and the sun have made it start cracking and fading. Ive waxed over zillions of times. I want to remove it but not sure the best way to do it. And will the paint be discolored vs the regular paint. Any tips will help.

HotWhipT/A

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Plastic razor blades FTW!

http://www.autogeek.net/scraperite-p...or-blades.html

Put a piece of masking tape on both sides. This lifts the razor up just enough not to scratch the paint. Leave just enough of the razor showing to peel the pin striping off. You still have to be careful, but this is the safest way. The paint shouldn't be faded. If you really had to, you could use some polish on a microfiber if you don't have a machine and other detailing stuff.

ssteven

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Way cool idea....i never knew they existed. Ordered!

ssteven

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Removed about a one foot section by scraping with my finger nail. a little goof off to remove a bit of residue then cleaned hit it with meguiars#2 then claybar. No lines or fade. So just gotta wait for my plastic razor blades.

HotWhipT/A

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A finger nail will work, but it's not fun and your finger will hate you for a few days.

blown99

eraser wheel is what we used in body shops

HotWhipT/A

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Hadn't thought of that for this application. I used that on emblem adhesive several times. Goof off should be just fine for this.

14k

my paint is faded to hell. i said fugg it and used a razor blade. (not rubber) worked ok just made different stripes.. lol. the razor took some clearcoat with it so long story short i still have pinstripes

EDIT: goo b gone or alcohol did nothing to remove them razor was last resort. but this was before i found ls1techs handy search bar

ssteven

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I ordered a 100 pack of plastic razors...that outta do me.

HotWhipT/A

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LOL, just 1 will do the job.

Mohawk

just wait for a day where its been raining awhile, go out there with a small piece of plexiglass and scrape away

ssteven

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2 hours and the strips are gone. The plastic razor blades rocked. Cant see where there were stripes, no shadows etc. goof off, claybar, megs #2, buff buff,buff and wax.

My6speedZ

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Eraser wheel would have been better. Heard of people using steam as well.

ssteven

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I also used a pencil eraser on a few spots which def helped.