Removing side bump strips

Vickie · Post by **Vickie** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:38 am

Is this difficult to do or do they just pull off? Will I be left with marks or should it be ok? Any advice on how to do this would be appreciated!

henry01 · Post by **henry01** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:42 am

just heat the up with a hair dryer and they come straight off. use a credit card or something simular to get all the glue off. then give it a good clean.

shouldnt leave a mark, depending on the car the paint might be a bit brighter under the strip

mk4_bandit · Post by **mk4_bandit** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:44 am

when i did it i found that using white spirit was pritty affective to get all the glue s**t off, and then after that u just have to use wax and stuff to get the mark that it leaves off.
But their is probably a better way of doing i just have not found out yet!! Before u try doing it that way i'd probably get some more advice because their is likely to be a better way.

LeMeph · Post by **LeMeph** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:47 am

on my fiesta i used petol of all things and fire, lots of fire...

Nah im kidding! but petrol does work a good un, i also used a steady ahnd with a stanly blade on that piece of crap to get em off.

has anyone ever thought about replacing them once their off with somthing else? Or am i the only crazy one...

Chris,

tomo87 · Post by **tomo87** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:52 am

just take your time!

vee_dub · Post by **vee_dub** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:57 pm

when i did mine, what i did was use something called gum out to take off the sticky stuff. used to take off chewing gum etc

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:55 pm

LeMeph wrote:has anyone ever thought about replacing them once their off with somthing else? Or am i the only crazy one...

Chris,

There are people that have taken the strips off and replaced them with MK5 strips.

ClaireVeeDub · Post by **ClaireVeeDub** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:02 pm

after almost a year, i decided to pull my finger out and fix the dent in my baby (mainly cos i'll fail an mot lol!) so just getting the guy who's fixing and respraying her to leave em off

mike_mrk4 · Post by **mike_mrk4** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:25 pm

i was unlucky as i removed mine add ma laquer was nackered underneith so im gonna put mrk5 1s on mine as iv been quoted Â£350 to fix it

loud · Post by **loud** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:57 pm

mine just pulled off then i used petrol and a cloth to get the remaining glue off, took an hour or two to do both sides. Finish underneath was absolutely perfect

Vickie · Post by **Vickie** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:48 pm

Got one side done, took about an hour with a credit card, hairdryer, loada white spirit and a quick wash down afterwards!

Cheers guys! It looks better already!