The previous owner colour coded the plastic strip on the rear tailgate above my lights and i want to return it back to stock

Short of replacing it any ideas how to get the paint off cheers

 

Jim

If it's the perspex strip he's painted, likelyhood is, he's keyed it. So, even if you remove the paint, the surface finish will be ruined.

 

You could paint the thing gloss black. But new ones are only £50. I'd sooner shell out the £80 it cost to get the one with the integral 3rd brake light.

use thinners then using a buffer get stuck in with some g3 and your plastics will come up mint remember to use water aswell

use thinners then using a buffer get stuck in with some g3 and your plastics will come up mint remember to use water aswell

 

Thanks bud will i get g3 from a body shop supplies, if that doesn't work i'll paint it black as si suggested

 

Thanks guys

i use to own a body shop and can tell you bye the time youve invested in the stuff need to get red your best of buying a new one

I assume that you do not have the stock spoiler........

 

......if so, then the "black" strip above the lights but beneath the spoiler just sticks on over the paint like a "go faster stripe:D"

 

If your car has had the spoiler removed and the perspex strip painted, then do as Si says and buy a new one. It will work out much less effort and cost less than sanding, prepping etc etc.

 

Richard:)

i use to own a body shop and can tell you bye the time youve invested in the stuff need to get red your best of buying a new one

 

Exactly!

A new strip is only £50. forget what Si says about the brake light one.

You will waste hours of your time and at least a tenner in materials and you will probably break it as you are rubbing it.:x:

Its the strip with the brake light i think its standard on 94 spec z's with the platform rear spoiler any way i'll try painting it first as si says ,see how it looks then take it from there

Thanks for all the replies guys:D

Just a thought, thinners might melt the plastic......

it was just a suggestion as g3 is 30 quid a bottle your probably best if you dont have any buying a new one