so i debadaged the G35 off my trunk. it looks good except there's a shadow left behind. Its not that noticable only at an angle or in the sun light but it's still driving me nuts. i washed it several times and waxed it once but not much help. i did a search and all i could find was that if i keep washing it and waxing it a bunch of times it will eventually go away. Is there any way to get rid of this shadow ne faster? like a certain product i can buy. thanks

 

I suggest trying a polish instead of the wax.

 

hey OP we're not too far from each other.. i'm in dutchess county

 

Nice i only see a hand full of G's here and there around rockland and north jersey, and even less with some noticable mods which is a good thing. So any particular polish?

 

yeah dude, and once you get up towards dutchess i'm probably the only G coupe you'll see.. lol, well there's a few i've seen, but none that i see on a regular basis..

 

I hear ya there! I'm up in Greene County and so far i've come across 1 other G. Nice Blue one. Coming from Tampa which had a bajillion G's on every corner. Nice change. I cruise around quite a bit so maybe we'll bump into each other.

 

^^^ i'm actually living in albany right now.. so i'm right above you..

surprisingly there is still not too many G coupes i see floatin around Cap City.. mostly sedans..

 

use something that is like a swirl remover or paint cleaner, then polish and wax the entire area.

 

okay thanks, i'll give it a try.

 

Go to Advance Auto, and pick up Ultimate Compound by Meguiars and a hand polish pad and use some elbow grease.

 

I de-badged part of my trunk the other day. Wasn't bad at all considering the car is 7 years old.

Anyway. After I removed all of the glue I used the mother's 3 step wax system. (pre-wax cleaner, sealer and glaze, carnauba wax). It looks very close to perfect to me. If you knew what and where to look you can faintly see it though. Of course, I did this by hand in about 2 minutes...

 

it only took u 2 min to do all 3 steps??

 

for me the shadow was there for about 3 years, i tried everything, wouldn't come off. so... i took my buffer and compound the whole trunk and viola! been a year now and never came back. had my car since 04.

 

+1. This is the best over-the-counter polish. It's pretty aggressive, but will be fine by hand.

If you would rather get something mild, try ScratchX 2.0. And even more mild is SwirlX.

 

Yea i got the ultimate compound and it didnt really do ne thing. I guess i'll try and find a buffer, where would i go to get one ne way?