are you sure its residue? a lot of people have the problem when they take the spoiler off. its usually from the spoiler rubbing on the trunk and it rubbed the clear off or scratched it up a lot. mine is that way under my spoiler and i know for a fact mine isnt glue. +

of and for the door gaurd, there will probably be some glue/tape left behind but it should come off. some people have had problems with that thing taking off the paint underneith it and some havent. you just have to peel some of the thing up and look behind it to see if its taking up the paint or not. if not keep going, if it is taking off the paint then stick it back on.

 

Alright. The spoiler is mostly residue, there are a couple of spots that have been worn down, but I can touch those up in no time. I've got a buffer laying around here, so I'll hit the spots with that and see what happens. Worst case scenario, I clean my spoiler up and put it back on[&:]

 

Luke13 Pm me when ur done with the door trim i wanna do the same thing but dont want to mess the car up

 

if you can go to a pep boy or snap-on ask for a pen strip removal wheel it's like a gaint round eraser. We use these at my job to remove glue from the paint and it will not damage your paint at all. it's cheap but works great.

 

Today I just fooled around with the spoiler, got it off and the residue cleaned up rather nicely (still a little dull looking, wax it out maybe?). Tomorrow Im going to check out the trim and see what I can do with it.

 

Okay, to add some closure to this thread for anyone that may stumble across it later:

I used a hair dryer, a credit card (hard platic), Turtle wax polishing compound, an application pad for it, and a soft towel.

I parked my car out in the sun, and found the end of the trim that looked to be a little loose, both doors had an obvious starting place. I began heating the starting point with the hair dryer, and got it hot. I carefully pulled on the trim (not too hard!) and with a slashing motion, cut at the glue with the credit card. The glue was cut away, leaving a little behind and allowing for me to apply a LITTLE more pressure to the trim. After about 6" of the trim was off, I buffed in some of the polishing compound with the pad until it got dry and began to rub off, and then brushed off the dry compound with the towel (this was to test if the glue and residue would come off, IT DID! so I continued). I took the rest of the trim off in about 6" increments, heating and slashing my way to the end. After the set of trim was off, I pulled my car into a shaded spot and scrubed the hell (I have the blisters to prove it) out of the glue and residue with my compound, application pad, and towel, eventually getting it off.

The uncovered spot near the front of my car, on both sides, has a little spot where there are air bubbles. In a couple of places the paint chipped off (on one door), only about pin tipped sizes. The rest of the door looks GREAT. If you are looking to do this yourself, be very careful. There's luck involved, as I can prove with the air bubbles that were hidden under my trim. The air bubbles and chips are really unnoticable, but my paint isn't in the best condition to start with. If I ever get the money up I'll take my car to a shop and get them to buff out and re paint the dull areas left by my spoiler, and get them to touch up the doors while they are at it, but for now this pleases me.

I don't have my camera at the moment, but I may post up some pictures later. I will most likely update my sig picture to include my trimless doors. I'd like to thank everyone that posted suggestions, and I hope this helps someone in the future!

 

When I took my spoiler off it had bubbles at the mounting points, little blisters in the paint.

 

hey Luke13 pm me and let me know how that goes. i was thinking about doing the same thing to car. but i havent decided yet. the way that i looked at it is that it could be like a door ding stopper.(might sound wrong but thats what i think)

 

ok i did this but i didnt use the turtle wax polishing compound my problem is my passenger door came out fine. My driver side door still has some residue on i that i cant get off ???

what should i do to remove it ?