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saxoclarke
2nd March 2011, 00:05
ok i baught a saxo desire a few weeks back ... cant drive yet but wana do a few things to it and it has 3 stickers 1 small one under the saxo badge on the boot and 2 pretty large ones on the bottom part of doors how can i remove them without damaging the paintwork and also will it leave patches under them :panic:

Larcomes
2nd March 2011, 00:12
ok i baught a saxo desire a few weeks back ... cant drive yet but wana do a few things to it and it has 3 stickers 1 small one under the saxo badge on the boot and 2 pretty large ones on the bottom part of doors how can i remove them without damaging the paintwork and also will it leave patches under them :panic:

Hair dryer or very gingerly with a heat gun should soften the glue enough to peel them off, after there off use some white spirits or similar to remove the left over glue residue.

As for colour change, it depends how long they been on, how long the car has been exposed to sunlight and UV rays and of course the colour of the car as some colours fade faster and worse then others. so.. only you will know when you start taking them off. normally abit of t-cut, maguires or such like help to blend the colours if there not to badly faded.

saxoclarke
2nd March 2011, 00:38
its like metalic red and they were the orinal stickers sold with the car in 2002

Furio-Gazza
2nd March 2011, 01:19
Hair dryer then slowly peel them off, and for the left over glue, just use some tar n glue :y: :)

stevo67
2nd March 2011, 17:24
Don`t use T-cut use some cutting compound G3 springs to mind,then wax over afterwards.

Steve.

Furio-Gazza
2nd March 2011, 17:34
Don`t use T-cut use some cutting compound G3 springs to mind,then wax over afterwards.

Steve.

G3 is top stuff!
I used it on my Civic to restore the paint work as it had some fade on the bonnet and worked rather good but you have to work fast with it chap :y:

m11ler
2nd March 2011, 18:51
I took loadss of stickers off my car when i bought it, the lad had massive boy racer type ones down the side. They came off pretty easy with some soapy warm water and peeling slowly. And they left no difference in colour behind the paint etc, so they obviously hadnt been there too long.
But i also took the 'forte' stickers off and if you look really closely you can see the outline of the sticker in the paint work. I used sticker remover and t cut. :y:

UKtom
4th March 2011, 00:39
took a sticker off my boot the other day, all i used was a hairdryer :y: simple solution yet makes a big difference :fcuk:

saxoclarke
4th March 2011, 14:54
im gona try peeling a tiny . sticker off the car so if it dose leave a mark i then no not to do the rest

Furio-Gazza
4th March 2011, 15:00
if it leaves a mark use some white spirit to remove sticky shit but if its faded the paint use compound or maybe (never normaly recomend it) T-Cut :y:

sgeary
4th March 2011, 18:48
Warm soapy water did the job for me just takes time

Venns
8th March 2011, 11:14
I took the desire one off the back with abit of soap and water, shoudnt leave any marks what so ever. The stickers are quite wide and peel really easy