Gawdly Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 Glad I could help... For white-wall removal, just leave the car in your favorite dark-lit urban alley over night. They'll be gone by morning and you won't have to lift a finger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collegemt Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 You know my legacy came with pin stripes as well. The dealer put them on, but they painted them on. My wife really hated them, she refused to buy the car with the pin stripes on. So they took them off and they were going to charge 200 dollars more if we kept them on. It took them a godd 2-3 hours to remoe them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subiedude Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 My car is 17 months old. I noticed a difference in the color of the paint after I de badged it this summer. I bet the lines would be more visable if I took of the pin stripes now. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdly Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 yep... paint fades with time where exposed to light. Red is the worst. Make sure what you are seeing is paint fade and not just oxidation though. If it's just oxidized you can have it buffed out and you won't see the areas that were covered anymore. Go out to ocdetails.com and read up on paint care and repair. It's amazing what you can do with the right tools and some elbow grease. http://www.buspilots.com/images/photoalbum/useralbum_50/eddy_buff.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subiedude Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Freat advice Gawdly... I keep the car in my garage so other then during work, it is protected from the elements. A friend recommended using a hairdryer to heat the tape/adhesive. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLegacy99 Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 Heat it up! I use a hair dryer often to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawdly Posted December 7, 2007 Author Share Posted December 7, 2007 I've heard of that approach before... never tried it though so I'm not sure. I would imagine with your car being that new that all you'd need to do is peel the stripes off and use rubbing alcohol or goo gone to get the adhesive off. If you haven't used something like that on your debadged area after you removed the badges, you may just be seeing adhesive residue and not a difference in paint color. You're car just seems too new to have any paint fading that would show up after you debadged... it's gotta be residue or just in need of being buffed out to a shine again. I can only speculate and am no expert... if in doubt swing by a local detailer or auto body shop. They can tell you real quick and likely for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boristhespider Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 About 10 years ago I had a Ford Ranger with some hideous green pin stripes. One night my wife told me that she couldn't stand them any longer. After about a 12 pack I told her "Honey, I'm going to get rid of those pin stripes for you" So I promptly opened another beer and took a razor blade to the stripes. Needless to say I took off as much paint as anything else. I thought it was pretty funny at the time, until the next morning. What a dumb a$$ I was. Ironically, shortly there after I traded the truck in on a used '97 Outback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTATV Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 my spec B has a pinstripe on it when I just bought it (I pick it up tomarrow.....) and I wasnt sure about it when i heard over the phone it had one but i think I like it... As for getting stickers off..... Anybody with a boat knows that if you try to take that square registration off before putting the new one on it is made to rip into a million pieces so somebody cant peel it off your boat and put it on theirs. Hairdryer will work if you have a heat gun (i use mine to use heat-shrink when wiring way quicker then hairdryer) then use it to heat up that glue first will make it easier new or old decal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welby Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 I'm quite alarmed that people actually need a how to guide on how to peel off a pinstripe. (Although the effort in doing so is appreciated) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard B. Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 I'm quite alarmed that people actually need a how to guide on how to peel off a pinstripe. (Although the effort in doing so is appreciated) yeah. i told the dealer no pin stripe etc...they removed it on day of purchase. no marks, no scratches, no swirls. can never tell it was there. if you or anyone else had pressed enough, they would have done it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSeraphim Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 This is a great guide. I was able to remove all the pinstripes from my LGT in just over half an hour. At first you break them alot and have to peel again 5 or 6 times per stripe but by the end I was pulling both stripes (my car had a thin upper and thick lower stripe) off a whole panel at the same time with no breaking. I was a little worried that there might be some fading, but the stripes came off cleanly and I can't see any difference in color, even up close. Maybe because my car is navy? Anyway, thanks again for the guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTATV Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 i think I might remove mine soon cause a few parts of it have peeled away. I like the deep red stripe on the silver car with red leather but doesnt look good with parts of it missing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKLGT Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 oddly enough, the dealer here has just started putting pin striping on the cars on the show room floor. and they are SELLING! Wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle yeah!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subiedude Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 A guy a work gave me this orange plastic razor blade to remove mine. Once the weather warms up.... mine are GONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrobyz Posted May 14, 2008 Share Posted May 14, 2008 Heat it up! I use a hair dryer often to do that. Heating it up definitely helps. I used to work at a decal shop, and that's usually how we got most of the stripes off. Just don't yank the stripes off either. Usually, the slower you pulled them off, the less "gunk" was left behind. And to get the left over residue off, they actually make an adhesive romover to take it off w/in seconds...it's just a liquid that you either spray on or dab on with a paper towel or something. Then you can just pretty much peel the stuff right off. You can also use something like "goo-be-gone" or the like. This also comes in handy (at least for me) to get the pesky black marks that had built up at the tops of my windows from where the glass rubs over the weatherstripping when closing. Maybe I'm the only one with that problem, but if you have that issue also, the goo-be-gone stuff works for that too. As for painted on ones....sorry...I don't have any good advice for those. And maybe i'm the only one that thinks not all pin-stripes look horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawlwawl06 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I peeled my passenger side pinstripes off easily, but the driver side is a P.I.T.A. I am wondering if I should just take it to a shop or buy the stripe removal tool. I checked at one paint shop and it was 80+ bucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jswain101 Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 I like my pin stripes too...haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08 LGT Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 You guys are all wrong, pin stripes on cars are awesome. Signed, Retractable headlights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halwith Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 this thread is 6 years old. just saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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