Chrome shift gate easy solution!
Chrome shift gate easy solution!
Well,
After I found out we could do this, I was all about it... But after using all the stuff people on here said to use, I still couldn’t get that paint off. Remover, thinner, didnt matter, it wouldent budge.
Tonight I went to home depot, and picked up a can of this stuff called "Graffiti Remover". White can, tall. Its a spray, it foams up and hardens.
The directions said to let it sit for 30 minutes. I spray the stuff on, and I let it sit only 45 SECONDS!!!
I ran my finger down the shift gate and the paint just came off like it was nothing. The stuff cost about $4 It took it off everything, even the little cracks and inner parts that normally would be a ***** to do. Just washed it off with the hose and dried it.
Spray, 45 seconds, wash, dry. Thats it. I couldent believe it.
So there ya go, a 45 second solution! Now me have pretty shift gate
-Darkshear
After I found out we could do this, I was all about it... But after using all the stuff people on here said to use, I still couldn’t get that paint off. Remover, thinner, didnt matter, it wouldent budge.
Tonight I went to home depot, and picked up a can of this stuff called "Graffiti Remover". White can, tall. Its a spray, it foams up and hardens.
The directions said to let it sit for 30 minutes. I spray the stuff on, and I let it sit only 45 SECONDS!!!
I ran my finger down the shift gate and the paint just came off like it was nothing. The stuff cost about $4 It took it off everything, even the little cracks and inner parts that normally would be a ***** to do. Just washed it off with the hose and dried it.
Spray, 45 seconds, wash, dry. Thats it. I couldent believe it.
So there ya go, a 45 second solution! Now me have pretty shift gate
-Darkshear
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Re: Chrome shift gate easy solution!
Originally posted by Darkshear
Well,
After I found out we could do this, I was all about it... But after using all the stuff people on here said to use, I still couldn’t get that paint off. Remover, thinner, didnt matter, it wouldent budge.
Tonight I went to home depot, and picked up a can of this stuff called "Graffiti Remover". White can, tall. Its a spray, it foams up and hardens.
The directions said to let it sit for 30 minutes. I spray the stuff on, and I let it sit only 45 SECONDS!!!
I ran my finger down the shift gate and the paint just came off like it was nothing. The stuff cost about $4 It took it off everything, even the little cracks and inner parts that normally would be a ***** to do. Just washed it off with the hose and dried it.
Spray, 45 seconds, wash, dry. Thats it. I couldent believe it.
So there ya go, a 45 second solution! Now me have pretty shift gate
-Darkshear
Well,
After I found out we could do this, I was all about it... But after using all the stuff people on here said to use, I still couldn’t get that paint off. Remover, thinner, didnt matter, it wouldent budge.
Tonight I went to home depot, and picked up a can of this stuff called "Graffiti Remover". White can, tall. Its a spray, it foams up and hardens.
The directions said to let it sit for 30 minutes. I spray the stuff on, and I let it sit only 45 SECONDS!!!
I ran my finger down the shift gate and the paint just came off like it was nothing. The stuff cost about $4 It took it off everything, even the little cracks and inner parts that normally would be a ***** to do. Just washed it off with the hose and dried it.
Spray, 45 seconds, wash, dry. Thats it. I couldent believe it.
So there ya go, a 45 second solution! Now me have pretty shift gate
-Darkshear
Mike
2011 SH-AWD 6MT
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 740
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From: Buffalo
How do you guys like it when you are in the car and it is a warm summer day and you have the sun roof open and the sun reflects off the gate. Does it get in your eyes? Does it get in your passenger's eyes? Is it annoying.
This is an irreversible mod so I am debating whether or not I want to do it.
This is an irreversible mod so I am debating whether or not I want to do it.
Originally posted by ABDomega
How do you guys like it when you are in the car and it is a warm summer day and you have the sun roof open and the sun reflects off the gate. Does it get in your eyes? Does it get in your passenger's eyes? Is it annoying.
This is an irreversible mod so I am debating whether or not I want to do it.
How do you guys like it when you are in the car and it is a warm summer day and you have the sun roof open and the sun reflects off the gate. Does it get in your eyes? Does it get in your passenger's eyes? Is it annoying.
This is an irreversible mod so I am debating whether or not I want to do it.
-ME
2011 SH-AWD 6MT
Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 740
Likes: 51
From: Buffalo
Originally posted by Darkshear
no, its not that big of a deal.. the only thing i noticed that i hate about it is that its a ***** to keep clean.......
-ME
no, its not that big of a deal.. the only thing i noticed that i hate about it is that its a ***** to keep clean.......
-ME
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From: FL
99TL exclusive, sorry s0ph3aktra. Also if you're doing this........dip the shifter plate in warm/hot water after you dipped it in thinner/remover. The water helps to loosen the paint up and makes for an easier time.
'Big Daddy Diggler'
Joined: Jun 2001
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From: Yonkers NY
Originally posted by hzm82
99TL exclusive, sorry s0ph3aktra. Also if you're doing this........dip the shifter knob in warm/hot water after you dipped it in thinner/remover. The water helps to loosen the paint up and makes for an easier time.
99TL exclusive, sorry s0ph3aktra. Also if you're doing this........dip the shifter knob in warm/hot water after you dipped it in thinner/remover. The water helps to loosen the paint up and makes for an easier time.
you mean the shift gate.
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From: FL
silver??? you refering to the dull aluminum look? Take a look at these and see which one you got.
www.geocities.com/hzm82
www.geocities.com/hzm82
Re: newbieness
Originally posted by TL-IGHTS
well, i am a newbie, but ive got a 99 and my "shift gate" is already silver. im not quite sure what you guys are talking about.
matt
well, i am a newbie, but ive got a 99 and my "shift gate" is already silver. im not quite sure what you guys are talking about.
matt
You would be able to SS but you wouldent be able to gate shift in to 1st... and you 5 speed kiddies, bitter as you are that you have no control over 1st, even in SS, wont like that One more reason i like my 4 speed ehehehehehehhe
One more reason i like my 4 speed ehehehehehehhe
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 134
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From: Central Ohio
I used run-of-the-mill Acetone (cuz I had it laying around) and it worked amazingly!! completely changed the look and is dead-sexier than ever!
Not to mention the opportunity it presented to clean all the gook, crud, junk, and etc from around the trim ring and on the PRND21+- indicator
God I love this site!!
Not to mention the opportunity it presented to clean all the gook, crud, junk, and etc from around the trim ring and on the PRND21+- indicator
God I love this site!!
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