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  • #1

    removing racing strips

    I have a racing strips on my car for almost a year and i want to remove the but am affraid if i did the paint tone beneath them would be diffrent from the rest of the car
    so would buffing and waxing the whole car will restore an even color tone on the car
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  • #2
    Re: removing racing strips

    What color is your car? Usally when i remove decals.stripping from a light colored vehicle i have no problems. If it's dark (ie black or dark blue) I usally always have to polish after words. Not a big deal at all. And if they're fresh( a year is fresh to me) you should'nt have much to do much more than a light polish.
    Professional Automotive Reconditioning Services
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    • #3
      Re: removing racing strips

      my car is blue but it is usualy parked in the sun thats why am affraide there might be a different color tone

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      • #4
        Re: removing racing strips

        There is a possibility that it will be a different color (usually darker) and using a compound will get it back to the same color or close to it, but it may not be 100%.

        Another issue may be that the paint has swollen up. I have seen this before when people debadge their vehicles. The paint somehow swells up under the badge and is physically further out in the areas the badge covered than in the surrounding paint. At that point there is nothing you can do about it.

        How big are these stripes? Maybe you can peel back an inconspicuous area and see underneath what it looks like. Chances are that it will be darker and a compound like Ultimate Compound will be able to blend the colors, but we can't tell you 100% what the outcome will be without actually peeling it back ourselves.

        Remove them at your own risk. Hope this helps

        I once put swirls in my paint just to see what it looked like.
        I don't always detail cars, but when I do, I prefer Meguiar's.
        Remove swirls my friends.

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        • #5
          Re: removing racing strips

          I used to own a work van that had been used as a light delivery vehicle for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The vehicles they used all had some Olympic signage and logos, in my case on the doors and bonnet (hood).

          The vehicles would have had the signage on them for only about 8-12 weeks. When I purchased the van the doors were perfect and showing no signs of the previous signage however the bonnet clearly showed a definitive outline of the previous signs. Nothing I did, which included compouding the paint with a rotary and W4000 pad, made any change. I am assuming the paint was hotter on the bonnet than the doors due to engine temps, and the van having minimal heat shielding.

          There is no guarantee what will happen on your car of course, but this is my experience. I have seen other vehicles which had no visible after effects, but best to keep in mind.

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          • #6
            Re: removing racing strips

            ok thank you for your help i removed the side strips and the ones who are on the front and back bumper and there is no differince in color but i still didnt remove the hood strips and the ones on the top of the car
            i went to a local detaling shop he told that the hood strip will difenetly leave a different color ton even after apolish becouse of the hood wide area being affected by the sun and the engin temp
            so should i remove them ???

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            • #7
              Re: removing racing strips

              Should you remove them? It's really your choice. I know it annoyed me to see the "halo" of the previously applied signage. If you can live with the possibility of that happening to you, and it is just that, a possibility, then remove it. Without removing them you won't ever know. If you can't live with even the chance of that, leave it be. Remember it's hard to put them back if it goes wrong.

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