Stickier that the most stickiest thing

[TJG]

I took my plastic bubble windshield thingies off last week cos 1. I hated them & 2. They got right in the way of my towing mirrors, put a line right thru the middle. Anyway the tape they used to seal the edges GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I tried everything, jetwash, soap, hairdrier, white spirit, nail varnish remover, PVA remover to get the ****** stuff off. I was contemplating sandbalsting it but was sure that even this would not defeat it. In the end I resorted to picking with finger nails and s****ing with an old credit card to get it off. AT LEAST 8HOURS it took. You will know me from now on, I'm the one with the ****** stumps for fingers.

Anyway. watch out on e-bay, they will be on there soon, just as soon as I've persuaded wify that it looks better without them and she realises they are NEVER going back on.

[Slate8]

I did this recently and had exactly the same problem. I tried every solvent I could think of to no avail.

Eventually I took it down to my local coach works who removed the adhesive in 10 mins using a drill with a rubber disc attachment. It literally just sheared the adhesive off leaving lovely shiny paint underneath. All in it cost me a tenner.

[Slate8]

Some before and after shots of the dreaded sticky foam.

[Chillitt]

the foam on mine came off and took the paint with it.... how can something so sticky still let the deflectors rattle so much???

[Lomcevac]

I used petrol, seemed to work pretty well but still took a while.

[Rob]

I did this recently and had exactly the same problem. I tried every solvent I could think of to no avail.

Eventually I took it down to my local coach works who removed the adhesive in 10 mins using a drill with a rubber disc attachment. It literally just sheared the adhesive off leaving lovely shiny paint underneath. All in it cost me a tenner.

Ahhah, not the the infamous rubber eraser wheel again!

[Slate8]

Ahhah, not the the infamous rubber eraser wheel again!

That's the one!