I m sick of my factory pin stripe , but seem to be paint on the car. I was wondering if it can be removed without damaging the cars paint job.

 

someone posted a way how to remove painted pinstripes in one of my old threads:
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=424777

its in post 25 i think.

i tried getting rid of part of the pinstriping, but it wasnt coming off as easily as i would of liked. It may have been the way i was spraying it on, maybe not leaving it on long enough, but it works.

Note: when I tried it the spot i tested looked a LITTLE lighter than the rest, but after a wash and a wax it looked good as new.

 

I don't know about painted on pinstripes. But the for the tape, all I did was use a hair dryer and or heat gun, warm up the area, scrape it off, uses some go-gone (something like that) wipe of excess glue. Your going to have to wax, or even polish the area after.

 

Cool thanks for the link maximus I can't belive how simple it is.

But did you end up removing your pinstripe or just part of it because it sound like you didn't remove whole thing.

 

I had some accent marks on my trunk that i removed successfully...but it took a few applications of the oven cleaner to get it to come off, and i had to use my nail to scratch some off some of the remnants. i think if i had left it on there for a good 5-10 minutes on a real hot day it would of been easier

 

how many miles does your car have? is it kept in the garage? I want to remove my pinstripe and possibly the emblems but I dont want the area around it to look lighter...so after the wash did it look unnoticeable...

 

currently i'm at 67,xxx miles. 80% of the time it is parked on the street. i applied the oven cleaner, waited about 5 minutes then cleaned it off. I had to use my fingernail to get rid of what was left. i think the area was a little lighter because it might have been saturated from the cleaner. when i look at it now the paint is uniform in the area. i'll try to take some pics if i can...for reference to what area i'm talking about of the car - look at my sig, top right of the trunk...

 

hmmm I see that your talking about on the trunk, would be great to see pictures. I want to remove the pinstriping but I just dont want the outline there, it has been 115000 miles and 8 years so I may think about it. Thanks though!

 

Some of the thicker spots were fairly stubborn when I did mine too. I re-applied a few times and let the cleaner stand a little longer than the recommended 5 minutes the dude on the Lexus link suggested. (10-12 minutes instead 5)

Oh, and Nissan6, no worries on the outline, it won't be there after you wash and wax it.

 

A shaved maxima a$$ looks . How are others gunna know what raped them? You gotta represent man!!
Removing pin strip is

 

Amyone kno the best way to remove emblems and the stiky thats behind them?

 

I heated my burger up with a hair dryer and then shaved it off with some tooth floss. (Fishing line works great too, even better cause it won't break, but I didn't feel like buying any so...).

For the gunk, I put the hair dryer to it again, softened it up, then scraped it off with a credit card and finished it off with some Goo Gone. After doing so, you'll notice a faint outline from the removed emblems, but it fades away after time so no worries.

 

Hair dryer and fishing line worked on mine

 

Thanks for the info guys, going to remove my pinstripe and emblems from the rear when I get home.

 

dental floss sux unless its really warm out but the goo-b-gone works great.