I finally flipped the switch this time.. Walking out of my apartment this morning I see the Max sitting about a hundred yards away, lookin all sexy and shiat.. then as i close in the GOLD pinstripe comes into view and it pi$$es me off to no return this time.. Its painted on there so i can't just peel it off.. I've been told to buff it, scrape it, paint it, forget about it (which isn't an option, and so on.. So, I'm thinkin. Cover it up with something else (like a black pinstripe, or start buffing. I thought I would ask you guys first. What do you think and what would be the best option??

BTW: I don't want to repaint the whole car just cause of the pinstripe.. But Damn its ugly..

 

Everyone here can tell me how to bolt on a Turbo, adjust my timing, full exhaust replacement, or strap on a SC and an inter-cooler, but no one knows about a pinstripe

 

Yellow pages + autobody + phone call = answer.

 

Yep I agree with Jeff get a professional to do it. Shouldn't be more than $200.
-Cyrus

 

I'm a custom kind of guy, but I suppose your right.. If anyone thinks of anything at all PLEASE let me know! Thats alot of money to spend for something thats not gonna help my 0-60 times!!

 

Try laquer thinner; it's usually "hot" enough to remove paint. It will take a lot of scrubbing, you will have to be careful around the clear coat, and you will have to polish and wax afterwards.

 

Good Idea! I thought about that but didn't know about the clear coat and paint..

*** Does anyone object to his idea?? ***

 

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I would not mess with thinners. If you can not compond it off I would take it to a body shop. You do not want to trade a stripe for a paint job!

 

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Don't use any chemical that will take it off, because it wil mess up your clear coat. Just take some 1500grit sandpaper, and wet sand it off, then take a high speed buffer, and go over it with a microfinishing copound and some "finesse it". it should be all good then.

 

The lacquer thinner is only going to work on lacquer and there's little liklelihood that the stripe is lacquer. Any other chemical or solvent that you use that's aggressive enough to remove the stripe is likely to remove the paint under it. Wet sanding sounds like a viable answer but if you're not careful you'll go through the clear coat and it'll mean new paint job time. I would either 1) learn to live with it. I wouldn't put a pin strip on a Maxima but, I personally don't think it's that bad. 2) Have a body shop do it. If they screw up the clear coat, they'll be obligated to fix it. 3) Get with a local pinstriper and see if they can incorporate it into a different stripe that looks custom/more aggresive. I know it sounds hokey at first but people who get crappy tatoos do it. 4) Save the ducats for a new paint job. Just my .02.

 

Are you sure that it's painted. When I first ordered my Max from dallas I went online to see some other maximas with the dark green color that looks black. When I was looking at the Maximas on Ebay I noticed some of them had ugly pin striping on them. I immediatly called the dealer to ask them if the car sold had pin striping. It did, so I called a body shop to see if they could take it off before I even got the car. When I did get the car I took it down to the shop. He took most of the pin stripe off with a razor, and took the rest off with a drill with a special attachment on it, he charged me a whole nill for the 15 minute job. Most pin stripes arn't painted and I'm sure the Max is no exception unless it has been wrecked.

 

i kind of like your idea about putting on a black stripe on top.

 

The guy that took mine off used something that looked like a big eraser on a dremel. It only took 10 minutes to do.

 

I know thats how they take of the actual tape pin stripes, but trust me, some jackarse painted it on there.. I tried the Liquor (spelling?) and it didn't even fade it.. I was looking at using 1500 grit paper and sanding it, but I'm scared of going all the way through. Although, I have repainted a couple of motorcycles and used the same 1500 and rubbing compound on them and they turn out beautymus..

IS that "black pin stripe over it" a really stupid idea?

 

My pin stripe use to be painted on.

 

Does he mean his car has the pinstripe? Is it gold? I apologize, maybe because I took Lit at PENN I'm not into the broken Eng slang routine. Usually the pinstripes, undercoating, and wheel arches are a sign of being taken for a ride by the dealership. Why would a person walk up to the car and suddenly discover them?