Debadging problems

MyNeonSaysHi · Post by **MyNeonSaysHi** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:51 am

All I ever used was a cloth and a credit car and bunch of rubbing compund and this was on an 01. Perfect job. Take picts of what it looks like now. I want to see how bad it looks.

bdecker12 · Post by **bdecker12** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:56 am

i just used hot water from a pressure washer, and then a credit card to get mine off. then i used an eraser wheel to get off all of the left over residue. Worked like a charm and took me like 20 minutes

Wisher2 · Post by **Wisher2** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:04 pm

What ever you do use 3m products....I am not plugging......just ask anyone at a bodyshop what they use and they will tell you 3m products pretty much all the way.....My ex-housemate was a bodyshop buy for about 8 years.....our house was filled with 3m crap.

wash your car

3m RC on spot only

3m paste wax on whole car

3m finishing wax on whole car

Job done

Also trade in your carbonfiber gas door for a professional sander and get some buffing and polishing pads for it with the couple bucks lunch money you allot your self

Not only will that spot look good but your whole car will be Bling Bling

UMKCNeon04 · Post by **UMKCNeon04** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:35 pm

tamadrumr88 wrote:you dont clay bar after wax. but you should use it now to remove the wax before using rubbing compund.

thats what i meant, i just didnt put anything in a specific order. im sure if you follow one of these posts though it should look normal again.

OB · Post by OB » Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:02 pm

ok so today it looks MUCH better. after i was done yesterday i washed it good with soap and water, and it was too dark to tell what happened. today i can hardly see anything. im gonna try to wax it and maybe buff it a bit, but i think maybe it was just a normal glaze from the goo gone or somethin. its much better looking now, and perfect from a distance! we'll see how it looks when i get more time after work to examine it. thanks everyone for all your help and advice!

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:08 pm

Uh...rubbing compund. And your paint will fade to match this summer when its 156deg. in Vacaville.

OB · Post by OB » Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:28 pm

^^^lmao you mean 190 degrees in sacto? haha im in for it good thing my apartment has a garage!

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:38 pm

Ah...it only gets to like 165 - 170 here in Tracy...

OB · Post by OB » Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:40 pm

thats hard to believe i thought it got way hot there! only 170?! pshh weeeeak!. lol hey grambo where exactly is tracy? im gonna consult a map, what county is that?

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:56 pm

Tracy is where most of the people who work in the bay area live.. Its off of the 205 in between 580 and I-5. I used to make regular trips there when I played baseball in Atwater/Merced. I heard they might run the BART line all the way into Tracy.

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:03 pm

If you triangulate, I am exactly one hour from San Francisco, one hour from Sacramento, and one hour from Modesto (aka: armpit of San Juaquin County)

moxhairr/t is right. If you came down South across the bridge and through Walnut Creek, then hung a left on I580 and followed it for about 30 minutes - 4 hours (depending on traffic) you'd be at my house. If its ski or boat season it could take you a month to get here on 580.

Superb thread hijacking everyone!

lolelectricbluesxt · Post by **lolelectricbluesxt** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:11 pm

It could be worse, you could of used a SOS pad like i did in my nub years on my mitsu.

Oh and it gets real hott down here in the central valley. Even our pool becomes to warm to swim in after awhile.. Its like swimming in your bath tub. How awesome does that sound?

Wisher2 · Post by **Wisher2** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:31 pm

lolelectricbluesxt wrote:

It could be worse, you could of used a SOS pad like i did in my nub years on my mitsu.

Oh and it gets real hott down here in the central valley. Even our pool becomes to warm to swim in after awhile.. Its like swimming in your bath tub. How awesome does that sound?

It sounds about as awesome as living in the Central Coast and having it 50degrees, foggy from 3pm on, and windy year round

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 5:45 pm

Seriously, Tracy is pretty badass. I love this little town and the weather is cool. Yeah, my pool gets like peepee

a few times a year but I can swim from March til October.

Its cool to see so many NOR-CAL folks on here now..

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:25 pm

former norcal

Now SWFLA.

I remember coming home from a Baseball game at West High School... I sat on the on ramp next to In&Out for 5 hours.. then went 2mph all the way to the 120 to get on 99.

Great Memories. lol

Back onto the Subject.. I like my badges. So i'll never de-badge my car.. I might take off the Ding Strips down the sides though.

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:47 pm

R/T badges are cool lookin', loose the bump strips dude...

That sucks that you left Ca. Why did you leave?

refect · Post by **refect** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:56 pm

grambo wrote:Ah...it only gets to like 165 - 170 here in Tracy...

pssh you dont know hot. come to florida in summer. hummid + hot = teh suck x a million. you just step outside to look at how nice of a day it is and start sweating like crazy. it even stays hot like that at night.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:02 pm

grambo wrote:
That sucks that you left Ca. Why did you leave?

Just didnt like the fact I never had any money to do anything. It costs waaaay to much to live there. Plus the Valley was a Killer on me 5 months of the year because of my allergies. And then as a Performance Guy.. CARB and SMOG laws. lol

So when My parents moved to Florida I moved about 2 months after.

If I woulda known there were more Neon Guys in NorCal I might of stayed, 'Cause the guys who drive neons here in SWFLA are very... lets say DIFFERENT. I should be back in the Valley around July for my yearly trip. Won't have the neon with me as I will be flying. But I will be there.

Oh the Ding Strips are coming off after I finish installed me new Kazera Springs, Tokico Struts, Energy Suspenion Bushings, Progess 22mm Rear Sway Bar, and Progress 27mm Front Sway Bar. Struts, Springs and Bushings will be on Friday, the Sways will go on Next weekend. Tax Returns in Action. I have a UDP coming in the mail.. but I'm going to wait to install it as I'm not ready to go pulley pulling

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:52 pm

I've been to Miami once. Yep, it sucked ass outside. Nothing like sweating your sack off instantaneously!

lilolneon · Post by **lilolneon** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:11 pm

and here i thought it got hot in texas... if i goto nevada, ill hit some u CA ppl up tho

lolelectricbluesxt · Post by **lolelectricbluesxt** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 8:35 pm

If my google mapping skills have shown me correctly, Tracys pretty close off the i 5 or the 33 or whatever that damn highway is.. That may be a good place to organize something perhaps..

Thread hyjack i know.. but orangeblast is a CA person so im sure he'd understand.

DJ CptnCrnch · Post by **DJ CptnCrnch** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:49 pm

that happened to mine..for the first few days i could see the lettering. Then after i washed it and waxed that area it was gone...let the sun do its job...and im sure the car was sitting in the sun longer than the 7 months that u had it

tamadrumr88 · Post by **tamadrumr88** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:15 pm

i used to live in rancho cucamonga when i was born until i was 4. good times, but the school system sucked and we wanted to move closer to family in PA

OB · Post by OB » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:23 am

CA neons unite! oh and no biggie on the jacking, i was a part of it haha. my trunk looks almost perfect now and all i did was go to work. i think the sub 30 degree temps in napa this morning helped lol. froze them marks off!

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:28 am

Little nipply in the wine country? haha! Freezing here too.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:24 pm

lol.85 and sunny here in Ft. Myers.

grambo · Post by **grambo** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:33 pm

prick.............j/k

my car is filthy from the rain and fog here.......

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:04 pm

That fog is one thing I dont miss... Being Guided by the CHP going 25mph on the highway and not being able to tell how close to the car in front of you you are. The Tuley Fog gives me nightmares.

Wisher2 · Post by **Wisher2** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:06 pm

What time doeas the fog usually roll in....Where I am at it comes about 2:30-3:00 in the afternoon till about 8:00 in the morning

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:15 pm

In Atwater.. As soon as it would start getting dark it would roll in.. and it would stick around til 10-11am the next morning