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Noonster
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21st Aug 03 at 20:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
As most of you know I have debadged by boot (except for the vauxhall logo)

I now fancy removing the door strips, is it as easy to do as debadging the boot??

If its easy, how do I do it? Or would it be best to take it to a bodyshop and let them do it??
Ned
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21st Aug 03 at 23:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
rip em off and spend the next 4 hours trying to get the glue off like me
Noonster
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So its as easy to do as the boot then....

Just take them off with a hairdryer like a did the back then??

and then get some hot soapy water and rub it all over the glue so it comes off easier then??

Might have to have ago, if its that easy
corsa5dr
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quote:
Originally posted by Ned
rip em off and spend the next 4 hours trying to get the glue off like me



The glue didnt come off on one of the strips and took me agggggeeessss to rub it off, and the others came off easy and took off the glue with them,.just gota be careful and make sure you pick the strip off at the base with a credit card and pull it slowly so the glue comes off aswell.
ajscorsa
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heat them up with hair dryer or heat gun. get some fishing wire and pull it along the back trying to get most of the glue with it. then use meths to get the glue off or t- cut or something
psycho sport
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22nd Aug 03 at 10:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
best way to do it is boiling water on the strip, pull it off wiv as much glue as possible still on the strip. then rub lots of petrol on to the left over adhesive and leave for a couple of days then more petrol and peel off fairly easy like!
sri_tastic
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dont pull it to hard when you take it off otherwise the laquer might come off, that happended to me.
Fraser Young
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quote:
Originally posted by psycho sport
best way to do it is boiling water on the strip, pull it off wiv as much glue as possible still on the strip. then rub lots of petrol on to the left over adhesive and leave for a couple of days then more petrol and peel off fairly easy like!


Petrol, one of the most universal and important car modding items!
Noonster
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22nd Aug 03 at 12:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
So basically if I do it the same way I took the boot badges off.... I cant go wrong

Thanks for the advice.
dannycorsa c
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22nd Aug 03 at 12:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mine came off really easy i just slowly peeled them off didnt leave much glue on and i didnt even heat them up
AdiSRI
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22nd Aug 03 at 13:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Get a bodyshop to do it if its cheap, when they took mine off to paint the doors it took like 5 mins a side and was perfect, no glue.
They use some special glue eater and just wipe it off!
Corsakid84
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22nd Aug 03 at 13:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ITS EASY MATE, JUST SPEND ALOT MORE TIME ON HEATING THEM UP AND THE GLUE COMES OFF ON THE STRIP AND DONT STICK TO YA CAR, MY GURL DID HALF OF MINE, I JUST RIPPED MINE OFF AND SHE TOOK HER TIME, SO BASICALLY YOU NEED A WOMENS TOUCH
Makarus
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I didnt heat mine up, in fact I did it in the middle of winter when it was freezing outside, the glue came off with the strip mostly, then what was left I just got some tar remover and just rubbed that on, problem solved.
mike16v
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aye i used tar remover on the bits of glue aswell, trick is get the glue off with the strip
Mav 3000
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I personally wouldn't pour boiling water onot my car I used a hair dryer
Kris TD
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nor would i, stupid idea
mike16v
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i wouldnt, or even a hairdryer. its easy 2 do it without heating em up
Kris TD
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u dont even need to heat them, i just pulled mine and they came off
mike16v
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22nd Aug 03 at 15:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thats what i sed
Noonster
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24th Aug 03 at 18:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Still havent taken them off yet
Havent had the time.....
Seen as its bank holiday monday 2mora and Im not a work I might just have to get them off.....

So just heat them up with a hairdryer, and then peal them off carefully. Then just get some warm water and rub the excess glue off gentle... like I did on the back.

Should be ok, will let you know If I had enough bottle to do it 2mora night
dannycorsa c
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24th Aug 03 at 19:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
shud be easy mate mine wernt a problem just take ur time!
Noonster
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24th Aug 03 at 19:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
OK mate, will do.
dannycorsa c
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24th Aug 03 at 19:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you shud do this at the back if uv debadged it i took the vaux badge off and put this nice irmischer 1 instead as theer is holes in da body work.just covers em spot on!



what do ya think
Red_SXi
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24th Aug 03 at 20:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
^^^
I've done exactly the same mate
m-dot
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how big are the holes behind the vaux badge? that badge that you got on there danny dont look big enough to cover holes, so they must be quite small?

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