Black door pillars and buffing
#1
Black door pillars and buffing
Has anyone tried to buff them.The door pillars on my car are fading and i thought about using a buffer on them if so what kind of wax etc,i do not want to take the black vinyl off the car (white car) or put carbon fiber on.Yes i did a search and could not find any thing thanks
#2
Re: Black door pillars and buffing
Originally posted by shane
Has anyone tried to buff them.The door pillars on my car are fading and i thought about using a buffer on them if so what kind of wax etc,i do not want to take the black vinyl off the car (white car) or put carbon fiber on.Yes i did a search and could not find any thing thanks
Has anyone tried to buff them.The door pillars on my car are fading and i thought about using a buffer on them if so what kind of wax etc,i do not want to take the black vinyl off the car (white car) or put carbon fiber on.Yes i did a search and could not find any thing thanks
#4
Originally posted by shane
where can i get this at,cant remember ever seeing it thanks
where can i get this at,cant remember ever seeing it thanks
#6
Originally posted by shane
i do not want to take the black vinyl off the car
i do not want to take the black vinyl off the car
Originally posted by Adidas_Boy
You could always take them off. . . It is just a black plastic tape. . . That is what I did and it is painted underneath. Only thing is you may have to buff out some small scratches because it isn't perfect under there.
You could always take them off. . . It is just a black plastic tape. . . That is what I did and it is painted underneath. Only thing is you may have to buff out some small scratches because it isn't perfect under there.
#9
Originally posted by shane
Has anyone had the vinyl replaced with some more vinyl if so how much etc thanks
Has anyone had the vinyl replaced with some more vinyl if so how much etc thanks
-Cyrus
#11
Originally posted by shane
I would leave the vinyl off but the car is white with tinted windows and the back are a shader darker cant remember how much darker and to me that white would not look very nice thanks
I would leave the vinyl off but the car is white with tinted windows and the back are a shader darker cant remember how much darker and to me that white would not look very nice thanks
I think it looks great!
I'll probably be doing my own car this week.
IanS
#14
Re: Black door pillars and buffing
Don't peal them off. You will never get the paint to sit right on the metal.. Just tape them off very well and spray paint them w/ "bumper black" which is designed to stick on the vynal material. It works great..
Or you can go to Nissan and pay $20 each for new stickers.
Or you can go to Nissan and pay $20 each for new stickers.
#15
Re: Re: Black door pillars and buffing
Originally posted by cbr2
Don't peal them off. You will never get the paint to sit right on the metal.. Just tape them off very well and spray paint them w/ "bumper black" which is designed to stick on the vynal material. It works great..
Or you can go to Nissan and pay $20 each for new stickers.
Don't peal them off. You will never get the paint to sit right on the metal.. Just tape them off very well and spray paint them w/ "bumper black" which is designed to stick on the vynal material. It works great..
Or you can go to Nissan and pay $20 each for new stickers.
Also, does this sticker just go on top of the existing viynl or does the old viynl need to be stripped off?
Does the $20 cover an entire side?
#17
Re: Re: Re: Black door pillars and buffing
Originally posted by RedMax95
whatcha talking about? mine is sitting quite nicely
whatcha talking about? mine is sitting quite nicely
#18
Re: Re: Re: Re: Black door pillars and buffing
Originally posted by Big_Ham
So, I'm a little confused. If I take the black pieces off, there is paint underneath? If so, it obviously won't sit flush - so I'm taking it that you just painted the tape? Or you took the tape off and painted the pastic? If so, what kind of paint did you use/how did you do it? I have some ideas, but looking to see how someone already did it.
So, I'm a little confused. If I take the black pieces off, there is paint underneath? If so, it obviously won't sit flush - so I'm taking it that you just painted the tape? Or you took the tape off and painted the pastic? If so, what kind of paint did you use/how did you do it? I have some ideas, but looking to see how someone already did it.
And I still don't get what anyone means by "sitting improperly". Looks fine to me.
And how bad is th paint underneath? Is it missing the Clearcoat or something? Does it just need to be buffed?
Why is taking the sticker off anything but a good idea?
IanS
#19
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Black door pillars and buffing
Originally posted by iansw
I think someone needs to do a writeup of how to do this properly.
And I still don't get what anyone means by "sitting improperly". Looks fine to me.
And how bad is th paint underneath? Is it missing the Clearcoat or something? Does it just need to be buffed?
Why is taking the sticker off anything but a good idea?
IanS
I think someone needs to do a writeup of how to do this properly.
And I still don't get what anyone means by "sitting improperly". Looks fine to me.
And how bad is th paint underneath? Is it missing the Clearcoat or something? Does it just need to be buffed?
Why is taking the sticker off anything but a good idea?
IanS
#20
and buffing
heres my write up:
1. open front door
2. use fingernails to pull up vinyl behind door
3. heat up the vinyl piece with a hairdryer so it will come off in one piece and you have less glue left on it
4. pull the piece, follow the edges and make sure to get it out from under the trim, its much easier if you can keep it in one piece
5. now you see paint, mine was very close to the paint color, already clearcoated, no scratches, use some adhesive remover to get rid of the glue stuff
6. wax
7. back door: open both front and back doors
8. you need to pull back the weatherstripping a little in order to get the piece started
9. once you start pulling off the piece repeat steps 2-6
10. enjoy
1. open front door
2. use fingernails to pull up vinyl behind door
3. heat up the vinyl piece with a hairdryer so it will come off in one piece and you have less glue left on it
4. pull the piece, follow the edges and make sure to get it out from under the trim, its much easier if you can keep it in one piece
5. now you see paint, mine was very close to the paint color, already clearcoated, no scratches, use some adhesive remover to get rid of the glue stuff
6. wax
7. back door: open both front and back doors
8. you need to pull back the weatherstripping a little in order to get the piece started
9. once you start pulling off the piece repeat steps 2-6
10. enjoy
#22
Originally posted by shane
I buffed it and it did not help with the fading/peeling look that i have all the buffing did was get rid of the scratches that i had so i will do something else
I buffed it and it did not help with the fading/peeling look that i have all the buffing did was get rid of the scratches that i had so i will do something else
ebmorgan did his today on his I30...just removed the tape, used some goo-gone to remove the adhesive left over, wash and wax, and viola!
looks nice!
IanS
#24
Originally posted by Kevin
anyone have a pic of this mod on a White maxima with tinted windows? how does it look in a tinted car? I'm wondering if it would look better just to keep it on. Thanks
Kevin
anyone have a pic of this mod on a White maxima with tinted windows? how does it look in a tinted car? I'm wondering if it would look better just to keep it on. Thanks
Kevin
I have a pic of ebmorgan's I30, which is white:
IanS
#25
i really want to do this...mines white and the one on the first page with altezza's looks awesome. my only problem is, i just recently put on the vent visors (rain guards)...so it would probably be a pain to take those off and do that...so i don't know what to do.
#26
HELP
HELP!!! I have started taking off the black tape from my pillars! The glue didnt come off very well. I have Lots of glue left on my pillars. I have tried goo b gone and thats not working. What other kind of SAFE adhesive can I use? Please help ! I have a gimp door ! LOL
#27
Re: HELP
Originally posted by MystiWink
HELP!!! I have started taking off the black tape from my pillars! The glue didnt come off very well. I have Lots of glue left on my pillars. I have tried goo b gone and thats not working. What other kind of SAFE adhesive can I use? Please help ! I have a gimp door ! LOL
HELP!!! I have started taking off the black tape from my pillars! The glue didnt come off very well. I have Lots of glue left on my pillars. I have tried goo b gone and thats not working. What other kind of SAFE adhesive can I use? Please help ! I have a gimp door ! LOL
#28
3m adhesive remover
Hi I just wanted re-post about Pillars!
1.Go to the store and get 3m adhesive remover! rubbing alcohol works great but 3m is better!! bug and tar remover also works.
2. use a hair dryer it helps the tape get soft!
3. do one side at a time and use your nail to scrape off the glue
I still have some glue left on my pillars.. even after all that work!
Mysti~~
1.Go to the store and get 3m adhesive remover! rubbing alcohol works great but 3m is better!! bug and tar remover also works.
2. use a hair dryer it helps the tape get soft!
3. do one side at a time and use your nail to scrape off the glue
I still have some glue left on my pillars.. even after all that work!
Mysti~~
#29
I was doing this and one side of my car didn't have the tape at all...it was painted black, this was the side of the car that I got a door panel replaced. I'm gueessing the guy at the body shop just painted it instead of putting the tape back on...any ideas on how to fix my now messed up car?
#31
Originally posted by my99maxisnice
I was doing this and one side of my car didn't have the tape at all...it was painted black, this was the side of the car that I got a door panel replaced. I'm gueessing the guy at the body shop just painted it instead of putting the tape back on...any ideas on how to fix my now messed up car?
I was doing this and one side of my car didn't have the tape at all...it was painted black, this was the side of the car that I got a door panel replaced. I'm gueessing the guy at the body shop just painted it instead of putting the tape back on...any ideas on how to fix my now messed up car?
#32
well i did the passenger side on both doors and i got 3M adhesive remover but it won't take the glue off. It just took the dirt off of the glue. Now there's buncha yellow with white. So what do I do? How can i remove the glue? Any suggestions or advice would be great. Thanx
#33
POlishing it with any kind of polish is only going to make it look worse. It's vinyl...the outer surface isn't scratched, it's missing altogether. replace the vinyl or peel it off. I will be doing this to my car next summer. I'm going to get vinyl, peel, and see how it looks. I've seen good pics of my car (dark green) with it off...but I need to see it in person to be sure.
#34
man i just got done with peeling the tape off of the door pillars and those instructions redmax95 gave are perfect (Make sure you heat it up real nice till the tape is actually melting cuz as the tape peels, it takes the glue off too. Also, if there is glue left, spray 3M adhesive remover and get a credit card and scrape. It should come off with ease.) I don't know if the time and effort was worth it. With the black tape, it looked fine, but without it, it just adds a little character to it, but not much. Just giving a little heads up.