My neighbor is a paint and body man who recommended my using rubbing alcohol when removing the residue after removing the pinstripes. He suggested this because he feels stuff like Goo Gone, etc. can be a little harsh on paint. The alcohol did the trick without any problem. A little elbow grease was needed in spots just like with other things suggested. No paint came up or got blemished, though. Just my $.02.

 

I have a 97 maxima with about 111000 miles on it and I was wondering if there would be a mark left after I have removed the pinstripes like the paint that has faded around it over time.

 

I removed the pinstripes on my 99 Altima with 90k miles then and the paint underneath was darker than the rest of the car.

 

how noticable was it?

 

Noticeable only if you are up close. You can see the pics on page 2 of my cardomain site, and you can hardly see it.

 

same with me, i got half way through and the paint looked much darker, very noticeable in my oppinion, my paint is very worn due to sun and what not, and under the stripe is a fresh, never seen sun, line of paint. i stoped since the car is gettin resprayed, might as well let them do it for me, no new sripes will be put on.

 

I removed mine 2 years ago using goo-gone. Nothing happened to the paint. The color difference was noticable at first, but now you would never even know there was ever pinstripes on the car. I'd say after about 1.5 months of the sun, lots of washes and rain and it was all good. Excellent 'mod'.

LEMAR

 

so the "fresher" looking paint goes away in a few weeks?

 

yeah, i donno..i'm kind of seeing if that will work where i debadged my nissan burger emblem on the back...
gotta know the science of paint oxidation or some crap liek that.

 

I had some nasty white and red stripes on my black max. Hideous! There was no way they were staying on there. I pulled them off and was all good till i hit the drivers side doors. The paint was discolored. I didnt know what to do cuz a repaint is outta the question. Then It hit me! I put a black pinstripe over it. Looks mint, in certain angles on sunny days it looks like a nice body line similar to a BMW... its unnoticable in just about every other circumstance.