# removing the pin-stripe? **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [May 26, 2004, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/removing-the-pin-stripe/81044 "2004-05-26T11:08:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Alex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alex)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/removing-the-pin-stripe/81044/1 "2004-05-26T11:08:27Z")
you know that ugly little stripe along the bottom of the car. i want to get rid of it. for those who have done it whats the best way? did you have to use a heat gun? does it leave any residue? ---
**Author:** ![1gq2nv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/7feea3/32.png) [@1gq2nv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1gq2nv)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/removing-the-pin-stripe/81044/2 "2004-05-26T13:08:04Z")
wait for a nice summer day (25-30 degrees) and just peel it off. It will leave some glue residue, but you can scrub it off with GooGOne, 20 minutes tops. The hardest area is the front& rear bumbers, the adhesive sticks better to plastics than metal. DRE ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/removing-the-pin-stripe/81044/3 "2004-05-26T13:26:51Z")
Perhaps take a hair dryer and warm it up before you start peeling. And as Dre said, the left over glue is a PITA to take out. ---
**Author:** ![DTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@DTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DTS)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/removing-the-pin-stripe/81044/4 "2004-05-26T13:28:46Z")
I did it, with a hair dryer, it took me over 2 hours because of the shitty tape thats ont he front and rear bumper dosnt all peel off, my finger nail was so sore. Side is easy. ---
**Author:** ![jjm\_240sx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@jjm\_240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jjm_240sx)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/removing-the-pin-stripe/81044/5 "2004-05-26T14:50:51Z")
DON’T USE HEAT! Its going to make things worse. I just pealed them off and then used clay bar to take off the gum (tape rez). You can also get a liquid that will take off the gum. ---
**Author:** ![Sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sven](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sven)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/removing-the-pin-stripe/81044/6 "2004-05-26T15:23:31Z")
> [@DRE](#): > > wait for a nice summer day (25-30 degrees) and just peel it off. It will leave some glue residue, but you can scrub it off with GooGOne, 20 minutes tops. The hardest area is the front& rear bumbers, the adhesive sticks better to plastics than metal. > > DRE Yup I second that. Not to hot, not too cold. Use googone, varsol, clay bars … it will be a bit of a pita to get that glue off but it will be worth it ---
**Author:** ![DTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@DTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DTS)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/removing-the-pin-stripe/81044/7 "2004-05-26T17:38:22Z")
I Used heat and I had 0 gum on the hard tape, lots on the stuff on the bumper ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/removing-the-pin-stripe/81044/8 "2004-05-26T17:40:56Z")
haha i noticed the prev. owner of my car took it off already, but now its still noticeable because i can see a brighter white… the paint faded over the years…