Peeling Stripes.

terranceeriley · 05-02-08, 11:54 AM

Please help me.
i'm just about to start prepping a pair of back doors for my 60 and they have these stupid stripes on them. they seem to be stuck on pretty damn well and a pain in the ahse to get off.
does anyone have any special easy way to peel these off?
thanks in advance.

apocalypsegrrrl · 05-02-08, 06:09 PM

I've got the same kind of issue, but mine's a stick on hood protector strip. I was going to try some of the spray on sticker remover they sell at NAPA. Anyone know if it works?

Wile E Coyote · 05-03-08, 01:23 AM

Neither. Find a auto paint supplier or good parts store (for example, here in the US, Carquest even has 'em) and get a pinstripe eraser. It fits your electric drill and is quite literally just like the eraser on your pencil. I have used one, and it works very slick. Just hold it at the proper angle, and don't burn the paint.

Edit: looks like the pic, but this one's for a die grinder. Mine can be used at much lower rpms in a drill motor. Same brand, if I recall.

Texx · 05-03-08, 04:46 AM

3M makes a tool similar to the above, but it's nearly impossible to burn the paint with it. It's a multi layered vertical disc with some sort of synthetic material. Its available at auto body paint stores. The liquid stuff mainly works on the glue left behind after you have the stripes off. I took off the "stripe kit" from hell on an FJ60 with one of these, but it took lots of hours.

Taildragon · 05-04-08, 04:27 PM

I have a 1991 4runner that had been in Cal its whole life and the stripes were baked on. I ended up using a heat gun to soften them up and using a plastic paint scraper to scrape them off.
After the actual sticker was off I used the 3M adhesive remover to take the (glue) off. It worked good, didn't harm any faded paint on the truck and it looks a hell of a lot better without the stripes. Just my method, would have liked to try one of those wheels. JT

gaylonw · 05-11-08, 07:21 AM

I had a pinstripe on my '96 FZJ80 and it was cracked and dull.
I took it to my local body shop and they used a 3M eraiser and reinstalled a new strip for $125.
Turned out perfect, no marks or burns at all.
However, had I not replaced it there, would have been ghosting from where the old tape used to reside, so a new stripe was the ticket........gm

05-02-08, 11:54 AM	#1
terranceeriley IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mount Gambier, South Australia Posts: 59	Peeling Stripes. Please help me. i'm just about to start prepping a pair of back doors for my 60 and they have these stupid stripes on them. they seem to be stuck on pretty damn well and a pain in the ahse to get off. does anyone have any special easy way to peel these off? thanks in advance. __________________ 82' FJ60, sound system, 31's, rust to add to the character, nice and slow, my 1st car. http://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wa...leys-rotw.html

05-03-08, 01:23 AM	#3
Wile E Coyote IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lake Havasu and Kingman, AZ Posts: 1,011	Neither. Find a auto paint supplier or good parts store (for example, here in the US, Carquest even has 'em) and get a pinstripe eraser. It fits your electric drill and is quite literally just like the eraser on your pencil. I have used one, and it works very slick. Just hold it at the proper angle, and don't burn the paint. Edit: looks like the pic, but this one's for a die grinder. Mine can be used at much lower rpms in a drill motor. Same brand, if I recall. Attached Images __________________ ="Are you gonna sit there on that friggin computer all day or what?" The desert dwellin, roadrunner chasin, soooper-genius! '90 FJ 62, '08 Scion head unit, chopped quarters and rockers, bedlined exterior, and mostly stock. My soft wheeler and DD. '85 Dodge Ramcharger a little built, and a little beat. My hard wheeler. Last edited by Wile E Coyote; 05-03-08 at 01:31 AM.

05-03-08, 04:46 AM	#4
Texx IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,768	3M makes a tool similar to the above, but it's nearly impossible to burn the paint with it. It's a multi layered vertical disc with some sort of synthetic material. Its available at auto body paint stores. The liquid stuff mainly works on the glue left behind after you have the stripes off. I took off the "stripe kit" from hell on an FJ60 with one of these, but it took lots of hours. __________________ world's cleanest 89 FJ-62, and a few parts... 85 xcab hilux 4x4 resto'ed, 67 XKE, 1500 Vulcan, 80 Fj40 under resto..mine now! ! 03 Tacoma TRD SR5 Born to raise Hell! Right after my nap.

05-11-08, 07:21 AM	#6
gaylonw IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: MD Posts: 57	Replaced my aging strip at a local body shop....... I had a pinstripe on my '96 FZJ80 and it was cracked and dull. I took it to my local body shop and they used a 3M eraiser and reinstalled a new strip for $125. Turned out perfect, no marks or burns at all. However, had I not replaced it there, would have been ghosting from where the old tape used to reside, so a new stripe was the ticket........gm __________________ '66 Corvair CORSA Convertible '86 Ford F150XLT '90 FJ62 (STOCK and BLUE) '94 Mustang COBRA Pace car '96 Landcruiser FZJ 80 (STOCK and GREEN) '07 FJ TRD SE (MINE) '08 Highlander LTD HYBRID (Mary Jo's )

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05-02-08, 06:09 PM	#2
apocalypsegrrrl IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Washington State Posts: 114	I've got the same kind of issue, but mine's a stick on hood protector strip. I was going to try some of the spray on sticker remover they sell at NAPA. Anyone know if it works?

05-04-08, 04:27 PM	#5
Taildragon IH8MUD Junior Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lee's Summit, Mo TLCA# 15466 Posts: 140	I have a 1991 4runner that had been in Cal its whole life and the stripes were baked on. I ended up using a heat gun to soften them up and using a plastic paint scraper to scrape them off. After the actual sticker was off I used the 3M adhesive remover to take the (glue) off. It worked good, didn't harm any faded paint on the truck and it looks a hell of a lot better without the stripes. Just my method, would have liked to try one of those wheels. JT