I bought my 00 GLE in April. The originally owner put pinstipe on it. At first I though it didn't look that bad. The pinstripe is white, the car is grey luster. Now I hate it. The dealer I bought it from says I should leave it in the sun all day and then just peel. That's not cool! Does anyone know the best way, to remove this? I don't have a scratch on my car, and I don't want any flaws in the paint.

Thanks

 

heat up the pinstripe eitehr in the sun or get a heatgun...
Its real easy to peal off...
Then is there is any sticky stuff left on the paint get some wax and tar remover to get ride of it

 

Thanks, I'm going to try it today. I hope all the glue comes off.

 

The question is...after 3+ years will the paint under the pinstripe be the same color as the rest of the paint? I had a white 2000 with an ugly black pinstripe that I wanted removed but the dealer said that afterwards you would most likely still be able to see where the pinstripe was because of fading.

 

goo gone! go buy it at your local hardware store, stuff is great. ive taken off a few pin stripes on different cars with it

 

I never even thought of that! I don't know when the original owner put it on. I hope you can't see where the stripe was! I'm going to try anyway!

 

yeah just use goo gone, take it off, get all the glue stuff off, then give it a wax in the area where it was, will look like it was never there good luck

 

Thanks

 

After 3 years there will more than likely be some fading, unless the guy was a vampire and only drove at night.
You will probably have to go to a reputable detail shop and have them color sand the aree to blend in the tan lines.

 

it shouldn't be to bad...
I once had a honda accord...and i took it the pin strip off and the pin strip was on for 10 years and there wasn't that much fad...
All you habve to do is after you are done give your car a good wax and it should be good as new

 

Yeah, but paint was much better back then!!

 

Too true!!

 

I've done it before on my mom's 97 I30t. Here's what I did and it turned out great:

1. Heat up the pinstripe with a hair dryer
2. Peel off pinstripe. use a library card or something to help if needed.
3. To remover leftover glue use bug and tar remover on it.
4. I reccomend to wash and wax your car afterwards to protect the area where bug and tar remover was applied to.

 

i just took it off my friends 97 i30
It peeled right off, no glue left behind.