Hello...

I've got a '97 Expl XLT. It still has the plastic decals on the paint. How can I peal those off without taking the paint with them?? I want to give my truck the "shaved" look...no decals at all. Any help is good help!!

Thanks, John

 

I'm not sure how they are attaced, but you maybe be able to use a heatgun/blow dryer. But if they are like my '65, I doubt it is, but if it is, it has screws on the inside.

 

 

I had a camaro that had the 3 colored stripes along the whole bottom of the car and I had repair work done and the would not replace them on one side so I took them off the other side with a rubber disc on a bit that went into my drill, I bought it through a sears auto repair catalog, the rubber on it was like the rubber block you use to clean you belt sander with, this disc I bought was just for taking of decals and it worked great, it took a while to do but the only thing that came off was the decal.

 

A friend who has done this a couple times said a heat gun works best. He told me I could borrow his. Well after a couple of months of waiting for him to find it I thought I just go buy one.

However on the weekend I was going to do it I washed the truck so I would have a clean work surface. And then just to see I picked at one corner with my finger nail. A very small edge lifted up. Hardly anything at all. I figured little bits and pieces would come off and I didn't want the sticker all messed up so I pushed it back down and it looked like new. Then I thought "what the heck, I'm taking these off anyway". Twenty minutes later I had the "OFF ROAD 4X4" stickers off both sides. The second side came off intact.

I found by just picking at it to lift it up enough to get a grip Ithen pull it off. If it starts tearing just stop pulling and pick a little more. Initially it was a real pain because so little progress was made but as soon as I got enough to grab a hold of the sticker came of very easily. I did this on a mildly warm spring day(about 72 degrees).

If the stickers have been there any lenght of time you'll see how much your paint has faded.

Tim

 

I had "Sport" removed from my Ranger - They used a heat gun and fingertails.
Dono