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Old 12-15-2005, 07:10 AM
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Has anyone taken theres off. The manual shows to remove 8 screws then just take off. Mine appears to be glued or at least sealant also and I am just wondering how hard it is to remove. TIA
Old 12-15-2005, 07:28 AM
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Just pull it up . It has some sort of glue , But it'll come right up .
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what are you painting it with cause mine is durning like a gases blue look to it?
Old 12-17-2005, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by camarossman88
what are you painting it with cause mine is durning like a gases blue look to it?
Could you please explain what you are trying to say?
Thanks
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I am just going to have it painted black at my buddys body shop. Paint it just like any other body panel. Yes I know what your talking about mine is doing the same thing. It is black but has a blueish swirl look to similar to what gas looks like on top of water.
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Hey mine is doing that also... Is there a way to fix that w/o painting?
Old 12-17-2005, 10:40 PM
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I used Vinyl on my car to fix the faded look. I used Carbon fibre vinyl on it and I think that it looks awesome.I took a large piece and just layed it over the whole surface. If you use high quality vinyl it should last around 5 years or longer if you clear over it, Then in 5 years peel it off and re-apply new vinyl. Took me about 10 mins to do it and it looks killer...
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maybe by wet sanding it but it wont looks as nice as it will once you have a body shop paint it....im glad someone posted about this cause i went the other day to a friends shop to see how much it would be and he said it would be $20....i'll prolly do it after christmas
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Do you use the same paint that's used on the body and clear it?
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I just polish mine and its still fine. If I do start to have problems with it then I'll cover it in vinyl




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