Taking sticker flames off.

[Sklander]

Is it too late to take the pin stripe off? Will I have an outline of where the sticker was?

[01harleydude]

i took a pinstrip off my 01 and it isn't noticable after a couple months and a few coats of wax.

[Sklander]

How did you take it off? The sticker on my truck is old and you can see the white of the sticker on some parts.

[01harleydude]

had afriend at a body shop do it, its easy though, grab a corner and start pulling, just make sure you get all the sticky stuff off the paint. can't remember what he used to get the adhesive off though

[Sklander]

I was at a car wash and asked one of the guys there about it and he said "if you ever do it bring it by, I have some stuff to take the residue off."

I guess I'll swing by there tomorrow.

Thanks for the help.

[Tazz]

Get the surface good and hot like a sunny warm day or get a blow dryer out and heat the surface. Take a corner piece and slowly peel it back. Too fast and you'll tear the decal so go at a steady even pace. A good warm day is preferable since most of the surface is already hot then you don't have to mess with a blow dryer. I used Goo Gone to remove residue on the underside of a fiberglass hood that was painted and it worked great. Follow with a few coats of good wax and she should be good.
Tazz

[Ayrton]

You will have a shadow in the paint, but this can be buffed out.

[hd898]

Hey Sklander when you done take some pics because I was thinking about doing mine but would like to see how it would look first!

[Harley#356]

as said....warm day, maybe hit it with a blow dryer (or be careful and use a heat gun) and peel it off. one sunny day and a black truck it'll be cooking by itself.

any residue left...as tazz said...goo gone works amazing!

[Sklander]

And I shouldn't get any discoloration that can't be fixed with a buffer and a good wax job?

['02 H-D #677]

What Tazz and Ayrton said!

[Sklander]

I am going to do it this weekend. I'll update with pics.

[Black N Blown]

you better bring back some pics! lol

[Sklander]

I did it yesterday after work. It turned out great with absolutley no lines or anything, just smooth black paint all the way down the truck. I pealed the sticker back with my fingernail, then applied a light coat of glass cleaner to a couple of paper towels to take the residue off, then put some wax on a cloth and just rubbed the surface in a circular motion to get it just how I wanted it.

Edit: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/tmmcgoey/album?.dir=/c707

The other pics are of the sub box I had built to replace the rear center console.

[01harleydude]

nice! sharp looking truck!