Sticker Removal

MR2YEN · Post by **MR2YEN** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:55 am

My "Mitsubishi" and "GPX" stickers are fading at the back so i want to try and take them off, but they seem to be like embedded into the paint or sometime. Do you guys know how i can strip them off and where i could buy new ones?

Post by **vipfto** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:26 pm

From memory i used hot water and lots of elbow grease

harry90 · Post by **harry90** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:55 pm

i scratched mine up pretty badly when i did cos i used a blade...but im sure the right way to do it is...if you can get one part of it off the car, get a fishing line under it and it should peel straight off...another alternative would be to heat it up with a dryer (correct me if im wrong) and it should peel off pretty easy cos the glue will melt.

Grue · Post by **Grue** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:59 pm

+1

Bloody hard work getting mine off, it'd almost seemed to have melted into the paint, but keep at it and very much worth it.

Hot water, and seem to remember using a cutting paste and a rag to work at it as well... although the paint needed a bloody good polish after!

nicholas · Post by **nicholas** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:30 pm

I've taken all but the Mivec stickers off my car, and am thinking about taking them off too.

Used hair-dryer, works a charm except it burns your fingers lol.

Last resort is petrol, make sure you wash the area and then polish again after you do that, it's pretty brutal stuff.

maggsy · Post by **maggsy** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 9:12 pm

once you have them off i reccomend leaving them off and not replacing them.

it looks better without them.

Post by **I8A4RE** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:24 am

and if theres any sticky residue use eculuptus oil (cant spell the sh*t that koala's eat)

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:13 am

hair dryer, credit card and some turps to get rid of the residue. Then give it a good polish

Grue · Post by **Grue** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:25 am

ah yes, the good old credit card trick works pretty well, although make sure it's an old one...

MR2YEN · Post by **MR2YEN** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:29 am

So just constantly using the hairdryer on it at high heat and it should start coming off? then just scraping it with a credit card or rubbing it off with a rag? Would this wreck the paint work or anything and is there anything i need to do for prep?

Grue · Post by **Grue** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:57 am

give the hairdryer a go, keep pouring kettle of near boiling water of it, and have a go with a credit card. Shouldn't take much more than that. Be brave!

Any minor scratches or dulling of the paint can soon be taken out with a bit of polishing.