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Melbourne
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October 2003
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Removing Pinstrips
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Tue, 24 May 2005 07:48
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Hey,
I've removed part of the pinstrips from my car, its a toyota celica sx..
the rest of it seems to be under the clear coat is there some way i can actually get this part off?
I keep seeing people writing about using very fine sand paper.. I'm scared it will scratch the shit out of the paint...
I was gonna mask off the area around the pinstrip and keep sanding the area of the pinstrip till it goes...
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Australia
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Removing Pinstrips
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Tue, 24 May 2005 07:56
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Tried some White Spirits?
The strips would have been installed at the dealership, not the factory.
So unless the car has been resprayed, there should be no clear coat over them.
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Location:
Epping, Sydney
Registered:
April 2003
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I Supported Toymods
Location:
Perth
Registered:
May 2004
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Re: Removing Pinstrips
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Tue, 24 May 2005 20:08
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a mate of mine got his g/f to pull the pin strips off his car as she had long finger nails.....but i dont really know how he managed to convince her
but to get em off real easy use a heat gun as hair dryers take for ever and after 3-4 hours of constant use burn out which creates another problem ...dealin with the missus or mother 
mine came off after about 20 mins with heat gun
Adam
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Removing Pinstrips
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Wed, 25 May 2005 04:19
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karcher high pressure water cleaner, our pajero got egged we brought it out to clean it off and it took the pin strip clean off woops
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Removing Pinstrips
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Wed, 25 May 2005 04:20
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my method takes about 10 seconds so if time matters it is teh win
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: Removing Pinstrips
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Wed, 25 May 2005 05:00
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Heat gun is what you want we use them to take off old stickers at work also a painter told me to use a heat gun to do my pin stripes
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Location:
perth
Registered:
October 2004
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Re: Removing Pinstrips
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Wed, 25 May 2005 05:07
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yeah heat up the strip with a gun and use a very sharp blade to slowly scrape it off. dont go to hard tho or youll scratch paint
cheers
craig
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Removing Pinstrips
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Wed, 25 May 2005 05:10
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you guys are doing it the hard way i'm telling you if you have a high pressure water cleaner use it, they are great remove it in seconds not of this fart arsing around, won't damage your paint.
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: Removing Pinstrips
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Wed, 25 May 2005 05:27
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WHAT a gerni WILL take paint off been there done that. I've removed paint off a brand new crane thats crazy man your crazy. 
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Location:
Campbelltown
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Removing Pinstrips
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Wed, 25 May 2005 05:29
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trust me it doesn't i personally watched my brother clean the egg of the car with it and it took the pin stripe clean off gave the car a great clean removed all the egg and did not damage the paint at all.
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