The G37 that I just got has a pinstripe that was put on by they dealer who shipped it up to the dealer I purchased it at. Its not something I want, but it was the only car I could find with the options I wanted so I was stuck with it.

The pinstripe is actually painted, its not the cheap tape that can be peeled right off.

Does anyone have experience with removing a painted on pinstripe, I know I will need to go to a bodyshop, but I want to see if anyone has had it done without a problem. If its going to ruin the paint I will keep it.

 

A friend of mine that owned a detail/dent repair shop suggested 2 ways:

1. if the paint isn't too old, using some turpentine on a microfiber cloth could take it off. Might want to try it on an out of the way area of paint first.

2. Can be sandblasted off, but this can change the texture of the paint in that area.

Note: I haven't used any of these methods myself, but he's really smart on these type of things.

 

Thanks for the info!

I'm guessing turpentine is the chemical the body shop said they would try to use to take the stripe off.

I will defn be going to a body shop to have this done, but I would like to hear from people who have had this done, or know what to do (like your friend).

If you talk to him again, let him know I talked to the person who put the pinstripe on the car, and he said it is an oil based paint, don't know if that makes a difference.

 

if the shop is going to chemically remove it, they will use thinner or reducer. both are solvents used t thin out paints so that they can be sprayed. this will haze the paint, so make sure they buff out the area.

if this wont take it off, they will probably wetsand it out. one of these two things should work, but both need a buffing afterwards.

 

ok please do not sandblast any thing on your car. thinner will not take it off because it has been on there for more then a week. thinner will only dull your paint. the only way to take it off is to wet sand the pinstripe off with 1500 sandpaper. and then needs to be buffed back with compound

 

i have done it may of times i dont know if you ever want to take a road trip to md i could do it for you.

 

^^^^ Sounds like it might be worth the road trip

 

Ahah if you were closer than md I prob would have made the trip, but thanks for the offer lol.

Bump for more info.

 

Sounds to me like wet sanding and polishing is the right way to go.
Could you post up a picture of this pinstriping.
I am very shocked that someone would do this to a G37.

 

I would try reducer then if that did not work then def the 1500 and re-polish

 

What is reducer?

 

I'm all about DYI but when it comes to using anything that will remove paint
on my cars surface I'd rather let a pro do it. I had a friend that owned a
detail shop and saw him do some incredible things with solvent like remove
water spots. But I wouldn't advise anyone to do it themselves unless you
really know what you're doing!

 

i am telling you wet sanding and buffing is the only way to take it off

 

Yea, this is one job I'm going to leave to the pro's, don't need to strip the paint off a new car.

 

Yea, I think thats what they will have to do.