quick question....i have an PDG 01 cl-s....an i have that annoying black pinstripe and thinking about removing it....is this something i could do on my own or should i bring it somewhere...any suggestions appreciated, thanks

 

Unless it's painted on, you should be able to remove it. Hopefully the paint is not a different shade under the stripe. I've seen that with some cars that have been debadged.

 

thanks...the only thing thats not making me too mad about it is that all of the windows on my car are blacked out (including windshield), so its not TOO hard on the eyes....

new pic in avatar? cute kid! thanks again

 

Thanks. Little man is growing up fast.

I would try to take a small area off and see if there is a difference. I had a pin stripe on my green Maxima and took it off without a problem. Give it a shot.

 

By the way, this thread was listed below. Smitty had some good advice. I'm not sure about using a razor blade.

http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137829

 

You can get it off even if it is painted on, I just had to do this on my 01 SMR. It had horrible gold and black pinstripes when I bought it and I used Easy Off oven cleaner to remove the pinstripes.

 

aren't many pinstriping jobs done in a paintshop? they usually do the pinstriping on the paint before they apply the clearcoats. if this is your case, you'll just have to learn to live with it.


<-- doesn't care much for pinstriping.

 

Depends on the person that put it on. Sometimes it's painted. Both cars that I have had that had/has pin-striping, it's not painted on.

 

There was no "factory" striping. It was a dealer option.

 

I just removed my pinstripe. Get a hair dryer, plastic razor (don't worry, it WILL NOT scratch the paint), and an extinsion cord. Heat up about 1ft, use the plastic razor to lift the corner, and start pulling.

**hint, pull lightly, keep removed stripe at a 90º angle and you can get in a rhythm.

There will be a gummy substance where the stripe was removed, but you can to go Target/Walmart/PepBoys and get a goo remover.

Take that pinstripe off!!!!

 

just went out and looked, def. looks like it's painted on...

 

Enjoy having that pin stripe there. Get used to it.

 

haha, that's what i was just sayin to myself...thanks for the input guys--get out there and enjoy that weather!

 

You can still get it off, here is the link to the instructions I followed when removing my pinstripes.

http://cleangsx2004.tripod.com/pinstripe.htm

 

no signs of f'in up the clearcoat after you tried?

 

Nope, worked well. Just take your time and test on a small area first and you should be fine.

 

Oh yeah, the other thing I forgot to mention was that it speeds up the process if you heat up the area you are about to remove the pinstripe from before applying the Easy Off.

 

yea you can still do it, its just a great deal more tedious. And they're right, it won't F up your clearcoat. If you've kept good wax on her, there won't even be any discolorage!

 

ah dude this is awesome!
i can finally remove that damn sword and shield on my trunk haha
thanks man

 

Now that you mention it I dont think that I have ever even seen it on our cars. I do remember the accord the the H embelem on the back 1/4 panel if I remember right.


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