Haimsey
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posted on 29th Jan 03 at 07:36 PM
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Heat the rubbing strips with a heat gun to soften the glue underneath and then peel! (Same again for the side badges and the ones on the tailgate)
You'll be left with two strips of double sided industrial sticky tape (if it didnt come off with the actual strip), alls u need to do is maby give it abit more heat and it will peel off really easy.
After the tape has come off there'll a sort of rusty like residue where u've peeled the tape off, not to worry comes off dead easy with abit of tissue and some meths/white spirit.
Even better u could use a drill with a special sander for removing tape and stripes and it even buffs up dulled paint where the rubbing strips had been.
Submitted by scotty19
[Edited on 20-01-2005 by Ian]
does this not damage the paint in anyway?
also the "special sander" referred to........how much do these usually cost?
does anyone have any ideas? cheers  
[Edited on 13-05-2005 by _c_o_r_s_a_]
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VegasPhil
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Caramel Wheel. A rubber Abrasive Wheel. Avalible from body repair specialists Don't try and eat it though. I did 
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VegasPhil
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Oh - About £12 I paid 
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Haimsey
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kk, thanx, it dont damage any paint work then!?
p.s, what did it taste like, then i wont want to try an eat it, if i already know, thanx 
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jeff8png
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i damaged my paint. when i took my rubbing strips off i was left with white marks down the side of my BLACK corsa! it's like they're in in tthe paint, looks like bleach or somehthing?!
anyone else had this problem?
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Dav
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I just used a hair dryer to get my badges off. Worked a treat and no damage
Same worked for my mates side strips, who also had the white marks on the sides and couldn't get rid of them.
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big eck
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hot water NOT BOILING and dental floss for the badges, not sure if you can use the same for the rub strips
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Tony05
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hairdryer,credit card,bug spray remover and cloth bout a fiver
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Haimsey
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so did anyone manage to get rid of the white stripes left behind?
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greycorsa
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hair drier
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Jackooo
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quote:
Originally posted by _c_o_r_s_a_
so did anyone manage to get rid of the white stripes left behind?
should buff out... if not polish should bring it up better
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Tony05
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bug gone spray
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VegasPhil
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Caramel wheel works fine providing you have the drill on a sloooooooooow speed
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Haimsey
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thanx, now i just need a car to do it on 
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dna23
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quote:
Originally posted by jeff8png
i damaged my paint. when i took my rubbing strips off i was left with white marks down the side of my BLACK corsa! it's like they're in in tthe paint, looks like bleach or somehthing?!
anyone else had this problem?
i had that, its easy to get out go have ure car mopped and it will come out...
also a caramel wheel will fook ure car up at high speeds just like mine
so go slow.... very slow otherwise ure in my boat which is needing a full respray
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Haimsey
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ummmmm, i was ok with this, but now ppl have made it out to be soo damn, not hard, but uneasy 
[Edited on 15-05-2005 by _c_o_r_s_a_]
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V-Man
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to take my badges and bump stips off i used that Autoglym Intensive tar remover (from halfords), pour some o that over the badges etc, wait a couple of mins, then it all just peels off, with minimal crap left. just wait long enuf and use enuf remover, cos if u dont (in my case due to impatience), it rips the sticky strip in half, widthways....which was then a proper bastad to get off
there was bad fadin / white under my stips, i had to use a rubbing compound to get it out, then polish etc.
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