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Exterior / Grill stripes, GTI styling with a twist
« on: October 10, 2015, 12:06:05 pm »
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Exterior / Exterior Detailing Stuff
« on: June 10, 2015, 09:20:58 pm »
Maybe a thread to show little tricks we've learned over the years on keeping the outside nice...
What got me to make this thread is my 03 Black Pearl had pinstripes that sine I got the van have needed to be dealt with since basically the color of the stripe had long left to the great hot rod shop in the sky while leaving behind the base vinyl and adhesive... I tried wax, polish, goo gone, goo off and many other tricks like a heat gun and plastic razor blade which worked but it would take me a week easy and the results were less than satisfactory but now my mind is made up so darn it those things are coming off this week!
So I'm at the car wash and I ask them and the guy says we'll get it off for $250, call a detail shop and he says $300 (eek, a week worth of heat gun and box of plastic razor blades doesn't sound that bad)
Today I'm at a buddies shop helping with his BMW and the detail shop next door is working on a old Porsche (another detail shop) and I'm watching and realize he's taking off some pin striping, what a coincidence! I watch as he goes back and forth with a cordless drill with some type of mini pad on it, when he takes a break I go over and ask what that is...
"pinstripe eraser" he tells me. He shows me it's a giant round eraser just like you use for erasing paper...(pardon my french but wtf how cool is that?)
I've been around cars and shops my whole life, even painted a few myself and I can't tell you how many times I've detailed a car but I'd never heard of one of these things
Off I got to the auto paint store, 35 dollars lighter and I head home... I just did the whole left side in about 40 minutes and that's with me getting the hang of the speed and angle to go at.. Got too dark to work so I'll finish up tomorrow..
Here's a link, should any of you have a set of crusty old pin stripes that need to be removed
http://3mauto.com/3m-adhesive-eraser-wheel-03612.html
What got me to make this thread is my 03 Black Pearl had pinstripes that sine I got the van have needed to be dealt with since basically the color of the stripe had long left to the great hot rod shop in the sky while leaving behind the base vinyl and adhesive... I tried wax, polish, goo gone, goo off and many other tricks like a heat gun and plastic razor blade which worked but it would take me a week easy and the results were less than satisfactory but now my mind is made up so darn it those things are coming off this week!
So I'm at the car wash and I ask them and the guy says we'll get it off for $250, call a detail shop and he says $300 (eek, a week worth of heat gun and box of plastic razor blades doesn't sound that bad)
Today I'm at a buddies shop helping with his BMW and the detail shop next door is working on a old Porsche (another detail shop) and I'm watching and realize he's taking off some pin striping, what a coincidence! I watch as he goes back and forth with a cordless drill with some type of mini pad on it, when he takes a break I go over and ask what that is...
"pinstripe eraser" he tells me. He shows me it's a giant round eraser just like you use for erasing paper...(pardon my french but wtf how cool is that?)
I've been around cars and shops my whole life, even painted a few myself and I can't tell you how many times I've detailed a car but I'd never heard of one of these things
Off I got to the auto paint store, 35 dollars lighter and I head home... I just did the whole left side in about 40 minutes and that's with me getting the hang of the speed and angle to go at.. Got too dark to work so I'll finish up tomorrow..
Here's a link, should any of you have a set of crusty old pin stripes that need to be removed
http://3mauto.com/3m-adhesive-eraser-wheel-03612.html
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Interior! / Lighting options
« on: June 09, 2015, 10:21:32 pm »
Saw these lanterns when CNN was doing a story on the founders, cool product, great story and a better cause
http://luminaid.com/
http://luminaid.com/
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Show off your projects here! / Cole, a quick question on the "Pop Top" conversion (Conversion thread?)
« on: June 09, 2015, 09:39:22 am »
How much height does the pop top conversion add?
Just trying to figure out if I need to lower my van a bit... I have underground parking at the condo right now, I have about 6'' of clearance.... or so lol
Just trying to figure out if I need to lower my van a bit... I have underground parking at the condo right now, I have about 6'' of clearance.... or so lol
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Show off your projects here! / Auxiliary Battery
« on: June 01, 2015, 04:01:47 pm »
Has anybody added an auxiliary battery to a late model (2003 in my case) MV?
I know there's plenty of space for one under the drivers seat...
Easy or ?
I know there's plenty of space for one under the drivers seat...
Easy or ?
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