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Use a heat gun and take your time. Once you have pealed off the strip, =
use a light compound, followed by a polish.....finially wax is optional.
IF you take your time......you should not be able to tell that it ever =
had strips on the car/
Dale Witt
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Ryan H=20
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org=20
Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: Black Trim Take Off
> Okay guys, what would you recommend to take the Black trim pieces =
off the doors and front and rear quarter panels of a rocco? It's pretty =
much just a double sided foam tape. Can I just use some "Goof Off", or =
does anyone else recommend something different.
Goo Gone doesn't work very well, or at least it didn't in my case. =
What I did is probably very dangerous, but I did it because I know I =
will be painting my car in the near future. It worked out good in the =
end anyway.
I used one of those small torches (the kind that are advertised as =
"weatherproof lighters") and put it directly on the adhesive for a SHORT =
period of time. I did this until it started smoking - I feared paint =
bubbling, but it didn't. Once it is nice and hot I used... a METAL =
scraper (danger Will Robinson!) to take it off. To tell the truth, =
there's only one spot any damage occured, and it was just a burn mark - =
no bubbles or scratches.
Now that I've scared you into trying Goo Gone first, good luck! ;)
----------------------
I'll fix my car, even if I have to replace every part in it... and =
since the problem will be the last part I replace, I'll have a brand new =
car when I'm done!
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Okay guys, what would you recommend to take the Black trim pieces off =
the doors and front and rear quarter panels of a rocco? It's pretty =
much just a double sided foam tape. Can I just use some "Goof Off", or =
does anyone else recommend something different.
Also, has anyone else installed their own car alarm before.is it worth =
the money saved installing it yourself, or is it a big pan in the ass???
Reason asking is I don't live in the best neighborhood, but today I =
was going down my alley and I caught a couple of high school gang banger =
punk ass kids taggin' on my neighbors garage. I busted their asses too. =
I got in ones face and almost made him cry. Needless to say I would =
have called the police, but the response time would not have been fast =
enough.Again, back to the alarm question, these little bastards will =
most likely strike back, and I park my Rocco in my driveway because my =
garage is filled up with tool boxes and a machine lathe, not to mention =
a 2.0 16v I'm rebuilding. Now's the time to act, and the only local =
place that I trust for stereos and alarms can't fit me in until next =
monday.
.So, is it worth it trying to install one myself?
Thanks guys,
Brando (pics soon to come)
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Use a heat gun and take your time. Once =
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polish.....finially=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>IF you take your time......you should not be =
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that it ever had strips on the car/</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Dale Witt</FONT></DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Drhock99@epix.net href=3D"mailto:rhock99@epix.net";>Ryan =
H</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
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href=3D"mailto:scirocco-l@scirocco.org";>scirocco-l@scirocco.org</A> =
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 20, =
2002 5:48=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Black Trim Take =
Off</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>> Okay guys, what would you recommend to take the =
Black trim=20
pieces off the doors and front and rear quarter panels of a =
rocco? It's=20
pretty much just a double sided foam tape. Can I just use some =
"Goof=20
Off", or does anyone else recommend something different.<BR><BR>Goo =
Gone=20
doesn't work very well, or at least it didn't in my case. What I =
did is=20
probably very dangerous, but I did it because I know I will be =
painting my car=20
in the near future. It worked out good in the end anyway.<BR>I =
used one=20
of those small torches (the kind that are advertised as "weatherproof=20
lighters") and put it directly on the adhesive for a SHORT period of=20
time. I did this until it started smoking - I feared paint =
bubbling, but=20
it didn't. Once it is nice and hot I used... a METAL scraper =
(danger=20
Will Robinson!) to take it off. To tell the truth, there's only =
one spot=20
any damage occured, and it was just a burn mark - no bubbles or=20
scratches.<BR>Now that I've scared you into trying Goo Gone first, =
good=20
luck! ;)<BR><BR>----------------------<BR>I'll fix my car, even =
if I=20
have to replace every part in it... and since the problem will be the =
last=20
part I replace, I'll have a brand new car when I'm done!<BR>
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<DIV>Okay guys, what would you recommend to take the Black trim pieces =
off the=20
doors and front and rear quarter panels of a rocco? It's pretty =
much=20
just a double sided foam tape. Can I just use some "Goof Off", =
or does=20
anyone else recommend something different.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Also, has anyone else installed their own car alarm before=85is =
it worth=20
the money saved installing it yourself, or is it a big pan in the =
ass???</DIV>
<DIV>Reason asking is I don't live in the best neighborhood, but today =
I was=20
going down my alley and I caught a couple of high school gang banger =
punk ass=20
kids taggin' on my neighbors garage. I busted their asses =
too. I=20
got in ones face and almost made him cry. Needless to say I =
would have=20
called the police, but the response time would not have been fast=20
enough=85Again, back to the alarm question, these little bastards will =
most=20
likely strike back, and I park my Rocco in my driveway because my =
garage is=20
filled up with tool boxes and a machine lathe, not to mention a 2.0 =
16v I'm=20
rebuilding. Now's the time to act, and the only local place that =
I trust=20
for stereos and alarms can't fit me in until next monday.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>=85So, is it worth it trying to install one myself?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks guys,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Brando (pics soon to come)</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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