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Old Jul 17, 2007 | 03:58 PM
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I apparently ran over something that contained a nice shade of light blue paint. Now it's all over the bottom of my car and inside the wheel wells on the passenger side. I tried washing of course and also tried meguiars cleaner wax. I tried naptha which I had left over from installing my stripes and nothing works except scraping with my fingernail. Nothing is going right lately.
Old Jul 17, 2007 | 04:11 PM
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i have no idea how to get it off your trim


what kinda tires are those?
Old Jul 17, 2007 | 04:23 PM
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you should try a clay bar to pull it off of your paint. or if you have an extremely steady hand then you could try and scrape it off with a flat razor blade, but id def try the clay bar first. and im not sure how the easiest way to get it out from under the wheel wells is though, but you might try a pressure washer.
Old Jul 17, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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Default RE: removing paint from the paint?

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you should try a clay bar to pull it off of your paint. or if you have an extremely steady hand then you could try and scrape it off with a flat razor blade, but id def try the clay bar first. and im not sure how the easiest way to get it out from under the wheel wells is though, but you might try a pressure washer.
or if it the wheel well parts that have paint on them are black...use undercoating spray and cover it.
Old Jul 17, 2007 | 04:29 PM
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What about Lacquer thinner or maybe WD-40? I think that would work.
Old Jul 17, 2007 | 04:31 PM
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They are M&H drag radials, 275/50/17 on17x9 bullits.



Here's a large side shot.
http://www.pbase.com/paulyoly/image/82173368

I just got them, mostlyfor the track and tried them out today on the street. I wish I could run these all the time. They ride great and stick like glue. Plus they are about 1 inch taller than the stock tires and make the car look mean as hell.

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i have no idea how to get it off your trim


what kinda tires are those?
Old Jul 17, 2007 | 04:32 PM
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Default RE: removing paint from the paint?

If you going the razor route,summit racing has some plastic razor blades that shouldnt hurt the paint.
Old Jul 17, 2007 | 04:34 PM
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I don't have any laquer thinner, but I'll try the Wd40.

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What about Lacquer thinner or maybe WD-40? I think that would work.
Old Jul 17, 2007 | 04:37 PM
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Also you might want to try a cleaner called Auto prep avalible at pep boys orlocal auto parts store.It should be near the bondo section,comes in a spray can.I pretty sure that will get it off.
Old Jul 17, 2007 | 04:43 PM
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Well wd40 doesn't seem to help much if at all. So far my fingernail works the best, but there are a lot of small splatters.



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