Corolla Hatch Door Strips

[joshrussellx]

Hello,

i am taking off the black stripes down each door on a rolla ascent.

when i take it off there is this heavy duty double sided tape.

its not a simple "tear it off" job. because it leaves sticky crap all over the door.

ive smashed it with a few products to try get it off, but its killing me.

does anyone know an easier way to scrape the sticky stuff off?

or is there DIY around? ive searched but cant find anything.

Thanks

[xoom]

Hello,

i am taking off the black stripes down each door on a rolla ascent.

when i take it off there is this heavy duty double sided tape.

its not a simple "tear it off" job. because it leaves sticky crap all over the door.

ive smashed it with a few products to try get it off, but its killing me.

does anyone know an easier way to scrape the sticky stuff off?

or is there DIY around? ive searched but cant find anything.

Thanks

lots and lots of eucalyptus oil ..... $5 down at woolies/coles ....... use a microfibre towel and put a bit of the oil on it and rub it with ur finger/nail through the towel into the sticky stuff ...... continually repeating will turn the sticky stuff into a wet guck that will just wipe/drop off ...... thats how i got rid of those dodgy ebay stickers/badges i bought ..... dunno what i was thinking wen i bought them lol

[joshrussellx]

Hello,

i am taking off the black stripes down each door on a rolla ascent.

when i take it off there is this heavy duty double sided tape.

its not a simple "tear it off" job. because it leaves sticky crap all over the door.

ive smashed it with a few products to try get it off, but its killing me.

does anyone know an easier way to scrape the sticky stuff off?

or is there DIY around? ive searched but cant find anything.

Thanks

lots and lots of eucalyptus oil ..... $5 down at woolies/coles ....... use a microfibre towel and put a bit of the oil on it and rub it with ur finger/nail through the towel into the sticky stuff ...... continually repeating will turn the sticky stuff into a wet guck that will just wipe/drop off ...... thats how i got rid of those dodgy ebay stickers/badges i bought ..... dunno what i was thinking wen i bought them lol

haha yeah ive use eucalyptus oil on it.

it got rid of most of it, but if thats the only way.... haha.

its gonna take a few hours then lol.

looks 10 times better in the end though

[selyaT]

If all else fails use the ol' JJcruiser last resort option... Keep rubbing it with your finger and it rolls off!!!

Try some of this product

Then polish it about 5 times once you've got the big blobs off. The hard work is worth it and then you can show off your sculpted arms to the ladies.

"Got a licence for those guns???"

[JJCRU23R]

did someone say... my name?

i used goo remover.. $5 from woolies? smells very much like lemon or orange citrus and the edge of an old rsl card/creditcard/license to scrape it off without harming the paint.

[Jay.]

i used turps

just be sure to wash it off quickly and go over it with some cut n polish so u dont damage ur paintwork too much

[JJCRU23R]

terps is overkill.

goo remover is enough since youre only taking off the adhesive, youre not trying to strip off the paint.

[Mopp]

wait till its a hot day, use your thumb to roll the glue up starting at one end, mine took bout 30min for all of them and then a quick cut and polish and all is good.

No real need for a goo remover, as long as the glue is warm it should roll off.

[KaZe-]

use a hair dryer on it and then rub with your thumb till it rolls off it burns your thumb but once its all off or most of it them use the meguiars spray on detailer with claybar

spray on the detailer and use the clay bar to get the rest off and then LIGHTLY micro fibre it off

hope that helps

then wax clay bar the whole car after that and wax it should be smooth as a babys butt lOl

Edited March 14, 2008 by KaZe-StiVo

[JJCRU23R]

wait till its a hot day, use your thumb to roll the glue up starting at one end, mine took bout 30min for all of them and then a quick cut and polish and all is good.

No real need for a goo remover, as long as the glue is warm it should roll off.

good point there.

from memory, me and the wife were taking these off in cold weather, at night.

[wil_rolla]

i got a white '02' corolla ascent.. i wanna take them off too,

but i'm abit worried that they will have a sun tan,

cause the last owner didn't have a garage for 2 years...

has any body eles had a taning problem???

[$ANGELO$]

i got a white '02' corolla ascent.. i wanna take them off too,

but i'm abit worried that they will have a sun tan,

cause the last owner didn't have a garage for 2 years...

has any body eles had a taning problem???

hey mate i have white too.. even if was a bit faded, on the white you wouldnt notice.. just give her a good polish after you have removed them..

[Kenneth]

i got a white '02' corolla ascent.. i wanna take them off too,

but i'm abit worried that they will have a sun tan,

cause the last owner didn't have a garage for 2 years...

has any body eles had a taning problem???

hey mate i have white too.. even if was a bit faded, on the white you wouldnt notice.. just give her a good polish after you have removed them..

agree, i took mine off u can tell if u look REALLY closely but if dont put ur face againts ur door panel u cant tell :D

[mono]

does sportivo have these black strips?

[selyaT]

Every Corolla has the door strips. On the Ascent's the strips are black. On every other trim level the strips are colour coded. If your car is red, the strips on your doors are red.