Sticker Residue

[TOMIMOTO]

Originally Posted by Chop Shop

Ended up spending about an hour with WD-40, that didn't quite work. I tried goo gone again and it ended taking all the residue off. Just took a lot of work, bought some wax and car wash soap today as well, but it ended up raining before I could get the chance to wax the areas. I've never waxed a car before, any suggestions?

You really sprayed WD-40 on your paint?

The fact that you've never waxed a car I would probably have left this job to a professional.

[Ocala FR-S]

Originally Posted by Chop Shop

So I got the FRS about a month ago, and it had these decal stickers on the sides of the car, about the entire length of each side. I didn't have time to wait for the dealership to take them off, due to time constraints and I didn't think they looked bad, but I decided to take them off two days ago. I used a hair dryer as some instructions told me too, and I ended up using goo gone to try and get the residue off. I spent about an hour a day the past two days trying to scrub the residue off but it's not really working at all, at least it's very minimal. Is there any other technique to this? Been driving around with sticky residue on the sides of the car.

I don't know if your stickers are more stubborn than dealer stickers on the rear of the car. I used spray wax wax and paper towels, the kind of wax spray you would use between regular waxing. It gently (but not quickly) dissolved the residue and obviously did not strip the paint surface. I was comfortable that no damage was done. It may be too tedious on large stickers.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Chop Shop

............... I've never waxed a car before, any suggestions?

Just read and follow the directions on the can/bottle .......


humfrz

[RAYSSPL]

Alternatively, you can also use off the shelf cooking oil to remove any sticker residue. Works great & doesn't damage paint.

[Scenic Driver]

I used a hand steam cleaner and detailing clay to remove the residue and bits they missed after the dealer attempted to remove the pin stripes they put on the car, I also used it for debadging.

[ftc~brz]

^steamer is also good to remove tint if you diy .fwiw

[Chop Shop]

Thanks for all the help! Everything turned out great, looks great. Thinking about debadging this car recently.

[yaguphire]

Originally Posted by Burrcold

Lol I like this one

[n2oinferno]

Originally Posted by TOMIMOTO

You really sprayed WD-40 on your paint?

The fact that you've never waxed a car I would probably have left this job to a professional.

WD40 is mineral spirits and oil. Shouldn't harm paint.

[Chop Shop]

Instead of making a new topic figured I'd just ask in here. So I got the car over two months ago, and noticed there's a lot of dings on the paint already, it's already chipping off on my bumper. What can I do to protect this car from here on out?

Also I've been looking up some more DIY projects that I can save up and do myself, was looking at air intakes, they seemed interesting. I found an installation video and this product link.

http://www.airaid.com/ProductDetail....ductID=510-307

Any thoughts or reviews on it? Seemed easy enough to install, but are there any CONs to a new intake?

Again, thank you to any replies.