Hey guys,

So for dumb reasons, I had to remount my 3 piece spoiler... Now that I got it off I figured it wouldn't be too hard to get the original tape off. Getting it off the car was a breeze, but it seems to really be stuck onto the spoiler. Here's some pics..

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I tried using 'Goof Off' but it's not working either. When i try to peel it away after I put some Goof Off on, it only peels away the top layer and not the bottom. My car looks naked w/o the trunk lid lol. What should I do to get it off? And btw, I even put some goof off on it over night and it didn't do anything -_-

Thanks in advanceeeee

 

goof off heat gun and a flat edge to scrape

 

Goo Gone, Terry Cloth Towel, Plastic Razorblade, few layers of skin/nails, and a good amount of patience. You want to make sure it's fully off and clean.

 

Thanks for the quick responses. I'll try those ideas out tomorrow. Didn't think it'd be such a PITA lol

 

I know what you mean. The body shop had to remove my front lip spoiler when they repainted my front bumper and it took them quite a while to clean out all of the left over residue from the tape.

They soaked the tape with 3M adhesive remover which worked well to remove the tape initially. They used goo gone after to remove any remaining tape followed by lacquer thinner to smoothen it out for reapplication. A good hours work.

 

Yeah, if it comes down to it I might just buy a can of that. It was like $5 I think when I checked online. If I spray it directly on the paint will it damage it?

 

Have fun It took me two days to get it all off of Darth V1. Lots of cussing and worn out finger tips. On the back of the spoliers I just used a razor paint scraper easy as can be no one will see the underside.

 

FLAMETHROWER!

 

Yeah it's mad frustrating and at this point I'm willing to pay someone to do it for me hahahaha.

And Alex, may I borrow that?

 

goo gone with a flat head and just scrap away using the forward motion. I had to do that with my old one.

 

so did you get it!? done

 

The way some of you describe it makes it sound like a breeze hahaha. Definitely not. Looks like this will be a long project that I will put in a few minutes a day cause I don't have the patience lol :P

.. so nope, not even close to done

 

What happened to the old days of drilling holes into the trunk to put on a spoiler.

 

To hard to line up correctly and also a bigger PITA than tape if you want to remove it.

 

ugh, i had to drill holes for my CTS spoiler

let me tell you it looked perfect when i was done, but it took ALLL DAYYY to do

never again lol

 

Use a razor blade, then apply 3M adhesive remover, is going to take a lot of hard work.

 

What am I missing here?

Why not just replace it? Time off from work is worth 3 times your normal salary....8 hours of weekend scraping = 24 hours of wage = more than a new part...