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Old Mar 8, 2016 | 03:30 PM
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If you can feel glue sitting on top of the clearcoat, try heating it up with a heat gun/hair dryer and then using goo gone.

If not, I'd suggest going through the detailing steps (wash, claybar, polish, wax).
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Old Mar 8, 2016 | 03:34 PM
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Didn't think it was gonna be this much of an annoyance lol
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Old Mar 8, 2016 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by kickintheglass
If you can feel glue sitting on top of the clearcoat, try heating it up with a heat gun/hair dryer and then using goo gone.

If not, I'd suggest going through the detailing steps (wash, claybar, polish, wax).
Thanks for the info I appreciate it
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Old Mar 8, 2016 | 05:03 PM
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This is the best stuff ever for your situation! Take it from somebody who just did the same exact thing on the same exact color G! Takes it off soooooo easily it's ridiculous! I don't need it anymore and only payed $10 for it at an auto part store. It's still a pretty full bottle and I have no need for it anymore. Just cover the shipping which would be like $5 if that and PM me your address and I'll mail it out to you! It really did wonders and took less then 5mins!

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Old Mar 8, 2016 | 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by kennyz424
This is the best stuff ever for your situation! Take it from somebody who just did the same exact thing on the same exact color G! Takes it off soooooo easily it's ridiculous! I don't need it anymore and only payed $10 for it at an auto part store. It's still a pretty full bottle and I have no need for it anymore. Just cover the shipping which would be like $5 if that and PM me your address and I'll mail it out to you! It really did wonders and took less then 5mins!

I appreciate it but I took my clear coat off it what happened :-/ so I'm gonna sand down a little portion of it and clear coat it again honestly. Thanks tho
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Old Mar 8, 2016 | 05:11 PM
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Anytime man sorry to hear you're 1st attempt on a mod ended up in this but you live and you learn. I've messed up plenty trying things on my car when I first got it. It really doesnt seem like you took of the clearcoat in the picture you posted up, it just looks like really stuck on adhesive. I would highly consider using the bottle I showed you before trying to sand down that trunk lol Best of luck and keep us posted on how it turns out man!
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Old Mar 8, 2016 | 05:15 PM
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Yeah, I'm a little p1ssed but the way I see it, **** happens. It is what it is. I'll get her all fixed up tonight. And just for everyone else out there reading this, by the end of the week I will be gettin my rims powder coated, my chrome lip and grill painted to match. So we'll see how it looks probably come Friday or Saturday! I'll keep you guys posted
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Old Mar 9, 2016 | 03:09 PM
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So here is a picture of my grill I just did, yes it is Plasti dip but it is only temp until I get the midnight grill in summer. What do you guys think?
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Old Mar 9, 2016 | 04:10 PM
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Looks good - maybe a coat of glossifier to make it look sharper for the time being.
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It actually came out pretty good and I agree maybe a coat of glossifier would make it even better.
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Old Mar 10, 2016 | 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by kennyz424
It actually came out pretty good and I agree maybe a coat of glossifier would make it even better.
So yeah I've done just about everything and I did take my clear coat off. I sanded it down last night and put "dupli color" clear coat on and it left me with a rectangle of clear coat from where I taped off so, here is my solution now. I either have to get it professionally repainted which will be if "worse comes to worst" I'm hoping I don't have to do that. What I am about to try to blend it in, I light sand with like 2000 sandpaper to take the edging of my rectangle where I taped off- off and then a nice buffing job and I was told it would look alright. I will more than likely either get the duckbill trunk once summer starts, or I will be getting that part repainted. Haven't decided yet but I still have a few more attempts of my own before I have to make those decision. So we shall see...
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I wish you the best of luck man. I feel bad you had to go through all of this just over an attempt at de-badging your trunk emblems keep us posted with the turnout. It took me that bottle I showed you in the picture above, some dental floss and about 10 minutes of my time to do mine.
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Old Mar 10, 2016 | 01:13 AM
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Originally Posted by kennyz424
I wish you the best of luck man. I feel so bad you had to go through all of this just over an attempt at de-badging your trunk emblems keep us posted with the turnout man.
I currently have my car on jack stands because the wheels were taken off tonight for powder coating tomorrow but I need to take them to my mechanic to get the tires off the wheels and I will more than likely be dipping the back emblems and lip tomorrow. Rims will hopefully be done tomorrow but if not I will post some pictures when everything is all said and done. And about that whole emblem situation, I am home right now for spring break and go back Sunday so I am hoping that I can get EVERYTHING done and fixed by then but we shall see... I am homes you every upset, worried about my trunk where that happened but we will see what happens I guess. Thanks for you interest
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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 06:12 PM
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So as promised I am posting the picture of my powder coated rims "gloss black" plasti dipped front grill and my chrome lip is also plasti dipped black but they will be getting actually painted here hopefully within the next month and a half, I only plasti dipped them to see what it would look like with the rims to see if I would want to paint them in the long run. And as for my trunk I was asking/telling you guys about. My car was in an accident before I had gotten it. The car is fine now and I have not had any issues with it since I got it in July but because of the wreck, it needed to be painted so that is why my clear coat and all that ripped off I was told. So I will be having the whole trunk repainted for 200$ also within the next month. Is that over priced? Or under priced?

And now on to the picture that I made everyone reading this wait for lol sorry
It is a dreary day here in WV so sorry for the crappy pic but it's all i can do for right now.
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Old Mar 13, 2016 | 06:14 PM
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Here's the picture
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