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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 11:22 AM
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Angry Still having headache with this...

Paint Pin Stripe !!!!

I tried
1)Easy Oven cleaner
2)xylene (something similiar to this, maybe I spell it wrong)
3)sand paper with very light force
4)Graffiti remover
5)poorboy polish
6)nail scartches
7)compound and wax


None of these work....
I believe the stripe was under clearcoat and that's why...
Anyone still have idea how to get rid of it ? Or anything can break the clearcoat?
It looks extremely awful and ugly and piece of shit with that red stripe on the wdp.

Million Thanks.
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 11:30 AM
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you pshould just leave it and have red accents on your car. You'll get used to it....... at least it's not yellow or pink.
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 11:40 AM
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I'm not sure if you removed the stripe and have a residue left behind where the stripe use to be, or if your having difficulties removing the stripe?

Well if its the stripe and it was something aftermarket try doing this:

The only thing i could suggest is to try using a hairdryer, but becareful not to keep it too long on the same spot. I don't know about those products you listed but at the dealer i use to work at we had those aftermarket chemical degreasers...and sometimes a plastic edge ruler after heating up the area to just etch it up would be used. Once is was off just buff it over with compound and then wax. Hope that helps!
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 11:53 AM
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Can't really get used to it because it only appear on the back passenger side ---> to trunk. ...like when you look at the car from driver side...um ..not bad not bad...when you look at it from passenger side...oh shit..oh shit...
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 11:54 AM
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To RoadBoy,

Thanks for your suggestion. But hairdyer or heatgun only work for the sticker pinstripe. Mine was paint .....
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 11:56 AM
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do you have a picture of it?
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 12:22 PM
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I will try to put a picture later
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 02:22 PM
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If its paint it'll be really hard to get rid of since its paint on paint. Ask a body shop how they'd do it.
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by t0ast
If its paint it'll be really hard to get rid of since its paint on paint. Ask a body shop how they'd do it.
If its paint on top of clear it will be really easy to get rid of with some wetsanding and polishing. Now if its been cleared over then it wont be removed so easy. (also this often happens in accidents where they do panel repair and clear over the stripe
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 04:03 PM
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yea...the stripe looks like under the clearcoat...
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by fsttyms1
If its paint on top of clear it will be really easy to get rid of with some wetsanding and polishing. Now if its been cleared over then it wont be removed so easy. (also this often happens in accidents where they do panel repair and clear over the stripe

thats the way i would do it, i dont see why there would be clear over it cuz they didnt come from teh factory with a stripe, like Kris said about accidents, they could have cleared over the stripe.
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 05:13 PM
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Ummmm..... I also have pinstriping and so do a couple other members, mine also is under the clearcoat. I don't think that I had an accident all over my car and then they clear coated it........ I could be wrong though......
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Old Feb 10, 2007 | 11:10 AM
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fsttyms1

You are right. Most likely they repaint it and the clear coat cover it on top. No way to remove it except repaint.
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