Holy crap, this sucks..Started about 6 hours ago and been working on it off and on since then. And, I'm only about 75% done with one side!

How long did it take you to pull these 80s decals off? Honestly, if they weren't faded and cracking a little bit, I would probably leave them on.

 

speaking of 'faded' and 'cracking'... how's the paint under the decals?
... prolly not faded or cracked, right?

 

i just painted over mine
as long as its not high gloss you cant tell from a distance

 

use a rubber spin wheel in a drill motor. thats what i did barely took a half hour

 

Paint underneath is nice and shiny! lol

 

yea iv used a 3M brand rubber decal and stripe remover called "stripeoff" its a soft rubber almost eraser like wheel on a shaft that will fit in a 3/8 chuck drill. works great.. doesnt hurt the paint.

 

I wish I would have tried the wheel first, I have been using chemical remaover after peeling them with a heat gun and it is awful. Doesn't take it all off and the remaining glue is tough, tough, tough.

I will try the wheel next. Oh, and the paint over method is terrible, somebody did that to mine and I have spent hours with lacquer thinner trying to get it off..

 

I'm an idiot, I've used the 3m wheel before. For some reason I didn't even think about going and picking another up, lol! Guess I'm done for the night, I'll finish tomrrow after I go pick a wheel up.

 

Where can you buy those eraser wheels? Do auto parts stores carry them, like Napa or something?

 

i used a heat gun to eal the vinyl off and the used the rubber wheel to get the glue off

 

Here's how I removed the ones on my hood:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTricks/Stripes.shtml

 

Heat gun then try WD-40 for the glue if WD-40 doesn't do the job try Gooe-B-Gone. My wife said they make non-acetone nail polish remover that might also work, thats if you care about the paint, if not Sandblaster and Fire Ax works every time

 

I would take mine off, if the idiot previous owner hadn't clear coated them on there.

 

i love mine... even tho they are a lil faded, i just like the looks of them... especially on white trucks... that way i dont look like a blank billboard driving down the street...

 

used nail polish remover with 2 other people, took like 2 hours.


There was tons of stickers other than the factory decals though...

 

We use 3m Adhesive Remover at work to remove our company decals and plastic razor blades. Peels right off and then scrape the glue away. I dont think the Adhesive remover is available to the public (at least thats what the can says "Not for Household use" but Zippo or Rosenthol Lighter fluid works just the same. Pout it in a spray bottle and work small sections at a time.

DO NOT USE HEAT with these methods.