AndySport
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Registered: 21st Nov 05
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Just a quicky, are the Corsa Sport bump strips stick on and if so will them leave much crud behind if I take them off?
Best way to do it?
Cheers all.
A
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Rich H
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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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yes they r stuck on - will leav a lot of crappy glue behind. i used a lot of elbow grease and WD40! then once all off, T-Cut and Polish
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AndySport
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Cool, thats a job for the weekend then, sounds like it'll keep me warm
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Blonde16vCorsa
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use a rubber/toffee wheel, goes into a drill, if you've got any mates that work in a body shop they'll know wot i'm on about. You'll get it all off in about 10mins with this but don't stay in the same place for to long or you'll burn the paint. Then just a quick polish, job done.
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Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
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bit of heat from heat gun,gently take them off,dont want to bring any paint away with them! then some meths/similar to get rid of glue,T-cut and polish
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Rich H
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lol yeh tis pretty hard work - ul guaranteed get bored halfway and get pissed off ( I did ) then for you'll stop and look halfway through - it may look wank to begin with bt the end result is deffo gud Post sum b4 and afta pics 2! Oh and dnt yank the strips off hard, wrk the slowly - I poured boiling water on them to soften them then gently pulled them off.
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AndySport
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hair dryer any good for the heat?
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Blonde16vCorsa
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Hair dryer won't do it mate need a heat gun if your goin down that road.
Honestly though a toffee wheel is the best way thats how we do it in the bodyshop, and thats how i did mine.
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AndySport
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i'll have to ask a couple of mates then, sounds like the ideal thing for the job
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cunningham
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Registered: 25th May 05
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petrols good at taking off the glue to thats what a used to help
just dont light a fag next to it lol
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Jamie Walby
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Registered: 15th Nov 04
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i took mine off and the paint is all scratched underneath
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cunningham
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mines is like that at bits to m8
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dna23
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i've done Rus's and Rob B's both fine with a caramel wheel, is easiest and best way but use it slowly and keep the paint cool or you'll burn it like it did mine
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AndySport
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Thanks guys, wasn't expecting that big a response!
Here are a couple of before pics, lets hope the weekend is dry and the wife doesn't have other plans!
Yes, it's got lexus lights but I've only just got it and haven't made my mind up what to replace them with.
Thanks again.
AndySport
[Edited on 30-11-2005 by AndySport]
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AndySport
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Engine mods starting with K&N soon, cheers 3Corsameal. Would love to XE her but I'm saving to replace my other VX, a Vectra GSi, with a C20LET'd one in the summer so keeping it cheap for now.
[Edited on 30-11-2005 by AndySport]
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Rus
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quote: Originally posted by dna23
i've done Rus's and Rob B's both fine with a caramel wheel, is easiest and best way but use it slowly and keep the paint cool or you'll burn it like it did mine
and what a fine job you did
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3CorsaMeal
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quote: Originally posted by AndySport
Engine mods starting with K&N soon, cheers 3Corsameal. Would love to XE her but I'm saving to replace my other VX, a Vectra GSi, with a C20LET'd one in the summer so keeping it cheap for now.
[Edited on 30-11-2005 by AndySport]
no probs
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jonnysri
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yeah i did it on my 1.2. looks a lot better with them off
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dave17
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i used a rubber (pensil eraser, dirty fucks :rolleyes to get mine off.
and then some tar remover. wash and then polish
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jools
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i heated mine up with a heat gun and used my thumb to roll the the glue into balls pick it off, dont use ure thumb to do this, it gave me the biggest nastiest skankiest blister ever
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AndySport
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Mrs had other plans, next weekend then
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jamied
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Registered: 27th Oct 03
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wheels look they 18s?
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