Removed Rain Guards and Adhesive *pics*

[Renea]

Well, I've been wanting to take them off. One was cracked in three places. And one had came off itself.

So i removed the three others. And all the Adhesive tape was still on the truck. Figures. So i went and bought some Sticker and Adhesive remover at Advanced Auto. It 2 hours to get it off.

Heres the before and after. Crappy Camera phone pics.

BEFORE:
http://i7.tinypic.com/6b1ba5i.jpg


AFTER:
http://i10.tinypic.com/4v83f3s.jpg

[Ward83]

Looks much better, I did the same thing to my truck when I bought it. I used a razor blade to get the double sided tape off, and buffed off the small amounts of glue left over. Using a razor is faster, but you have to have a steady hand.

[Blaze5509]

Looks much better!!


3M makes an eraser wheel that goes on the end of a drill that makes that job about 20,000X easier but it looks like you did a fine job!

[Pete-FWA]

That's actually a fun task, when you have the time to do it. I like the results on your truck.

[Renea]

I was very afraid of taking paint off. But i took my time doing it to make sure.

[Joe]

Excellent job - looks 10x better :D

[winky460]

i was always told that wd-40 takes sticker gunk off. will it work for this situation?

[hornsfan10609]

I don't think WD40 is good on paint, if you leave it too long, it could strip it right off. I know I would never purposefully spray it on any of my vehicles paint.

[CKTA]

Much better! :cool:

[Bagged 04]

Looks good. Next time definitly get the 3m eraser it will save yo ua lot of time and elbow grease.

[Renea]

I still have a few spots that i still have to work on. But most of its off. I'm going to try the 3m eraser.

[Joe]

I don't think WD40 is good on paint, if you leave it too long, it could strip it right off. I know I would never purposefully spray it on any of my vehicles paint.
You spray it on and wipe it off, no issues with the paint. You may need to re-polish/wax the areas :D

[thefury_z71]

i just took the chrome off the side of my truck and i used a plastic mud spreader for drywall.... it worked amazing i took of all the chrome on my truck and i didnt leave a single mark at all. The trick is to push the goo together while your peeling it offinstead os scraping it off. it tok me about 2 minutes to take off my old bug deflector this way, and my rainguards took about 4... not a mark. afterwards i just used some window cleaner and it looked great. (I HATE THAT SH*T!!!!)

[nebraskaz71]

i been considerin that too but i'll use a wheel if i do it haha

[kiss1069]

I use Goo Gone and it cleans up well with no problems or having to rewax anything. Just my 2cnts