plain is best

[toy231]

what is the best way to remove the factory stick-on stripes down the sides of my surf. (WITHOUT) damaging the paint work)

[logey79]

carefully?


sorry, its late....er, hairdryer, finger nails take your time and clean up with bit of spririts. (white, not scotch or vodka, unless you're rich)

[dave.j.robbo]

As above! I actually did mine on holiday in France, with the sun beating down on the truck to loosen the glue a bit.

Be careful though! Too much heat makes it just as awkward as not enough heat.

I used Autoglym's intensive tar remover to remove the residues..

[internetsurfer]

heat with hair dryer begin to pull decal off and follow along with hair drier as you pull decal off SLOWLY , residue removal with nail varnish remover , or as mentioned auto glyms tar and glue remover

[joker??]

just took one bit of sticker off ,used hair dryer , heat gun, specialist stuff for removing glue ,aaarrgggg got blisters on me fingers ,DONT do it unless you really want to as it is a right pain

[dave.j.robbo]

Yeah, it's a pain alright!!

But now you've started, you HAVE to carry on!!

IMHO, they do look better with them off, tho, so it's worth the hassle. I was quoted £50 a side to remove them by a local car graphics place. I initially thought 'pah! no way!!' but after a while, I was tempted!!!

Always thought I'd do one side, and get them to do the other, but the French sun helped me out a lot!

[toy231]

Yeah, it's a pain alright!!

But now you've started, you HAVE to carry on!!

IMHO, they do look better with them off, tho, so it's worth the hassle. I was quoted £50 a side to remove them by a local car graphics place. I initially thought 'pah! no way!!' but after a while, I was tempted!!!

Always thought I'd do one side, and get them to do the other, but the French sun helped me out a lot!

you've got me worried now, shall i, shan't i. i'll think on it abit longer. too tight to pay £100

[dave.j.robbo]

you've got me worried now, shall i, shan't i. i'll think on it abit longer. too tight to pay £100

What I did was I took a photo of the side, and photoshopped the graphics out. Then I switched between the two photo's to decide if they were staying or going.
No contest, for me...

[joker??]

Yeah, it's a pain alright!!

But now you've started, you HAVE to carry on!!

IMHO, they do look better with them off, tho, so it's worth the hassle. I was quoted £50 a side to remove them by a local car graphics place. I initially thought 'pah! no way!!' but after a while, I was tempted!!!

Always thought I'd do one side, and get them to do the other, but the French sun helped me out a lot!

quite like looking at rf on one side lol who knows???

[Maverick]

Took mine off a couple of monthes back using a caramel wheel/eraser wheel. Took two night shifts as the battery on my drill kept going flat after 20 mins (and took 1 1/2 hours to charge). After T'cutting and polishing, I can't tell where they were, and it does look much better plain sided.
Do a search for caramel wheel, as this has been mentioned many times.

[dave.j.robbo]

Took mine off a couple of monthes back using a caramel wheel/eraser wheel. Took two night shifts as the battery on my drill kept going flat after 20 mins (and took 1 1/2 hours to charge). After T'cutting and polishing, I can't tell where they were, and it does look much better plain sided.
Do a search for caramel wheel, as this has been mentioned many times.

Where did you get the caramel wheel from?

[joker??]

done a search for caramel wheel all i got was chocolates, colours

[Maverick]

I meant to do a search on the forum.
I got mine from ebay for a supidly low price, it took 1 1/2 caramel wheels to do both sides and remove all those anoying stickers on the tailgate that the previous jap owner had put on. The best bit was that the wheel not only took off the decals, it also took off the adhesive. The end result can been seen below, I would like to point out that it looks nothing like this now, due to a trip out with Danno.

[laser_jock99]

residue removal with nail varnish remover

Don't use nail varnish remover as it contains Acetone and will remove your paint as well!

White Spirit is preferable on the sticky glue residue.

[plodger]

Pressure washer works on the older models!!