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door flare
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:01 pm
by jeebz
how hard is it to remove the door flare? and is it on an imprint in the body work?
Re: door flare
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:40 pm
by ianaudia4
Door flare?
Re: door flare
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:46 pm
by jeebz
the strip of plastic running down both sides of some of the mk2 sciroccos.
Re: door flare
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:49 pm
by ianaudia4
The bump strips. They will come off with a little heat, not too much though as your will burn the paint!
Re: door flare
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:51 pm
by jeebz
are they only glued on?
Re: door flare
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:10 pm
by ianaudia4
Yes mate.
Re: door flare
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 1:23 pm
by wasted
They come off easily enough, depending on how good the glue is. Mine came off with a blunt knife and a little persuasion. The real pig is getting the excess glue off after the strips are removed.
Re: door flare
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:29 pm
by ianaudia4
White spirit is great for removing glue residue, good for getting the bumpers black again!
Re: door flare
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:22 pm
by wasted
I used panel wipe... much the same thing I guess!
Re: door flare
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:23 pm
by jeebz
i haven't done them yet, but for glue residue ive just used brake cleaner. but then again i love brake cleaner.
With that and WD40 i don't think ive ever come stuck in a job
Re: door flare
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 10:00 pm
by snathe
What you need for removing the leftover glue and bits of trim tape is an eraser wheel. They are a toffee coloured rubber wheel that you put in your drill. They remove all traces of trim tape, glue, decals, vinyl, etc without damaging the paint. Using spirits is very risky, as if the car has been repainted using 1k paint (cellulose for eg) the spirits can attack the paint and cause you a right headache!