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Old 10-08-2008, 09:10 AM
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Any1 have any tips of taking off those dumb fork reflectors off w/o f-ing up the paint?
 
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Hair dryer or heat gun to warm then fishing line to slice between adhesive and paint. Clean remaining gunk off with WD40
 
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thanks helps a ton!
 
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Hair dryer or heat gun to warm then fishing line to slice between adhesive and paint. Clean remaining gunk off with WD40
+1 Taking off the reflectors is a 15 min job. Problem is now you will want to wet sand / polish the lowers which is is few hours.
 
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darn fleckers
 
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Yep...I had mine off in 14.5 minutes.
 
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I would try MEK which is mythel eythel keytone. It will eat nearly anything, including your paint if you leave it on there long enough. I tood a decal off my aircleaner and couldn't find anything to remove the glue. Pour a little bit on a rag and wipe it down and two minutes of rubbing and the glue was gone. You buy MEK at the hardware store in the paint department.
 
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I would try MEK which is mythel eythel keytone. It will eat nearly anything, including your paint if you leave it on there long enough. I tood a decal off my aircleaner and couldn't find anything to remove the glue. Pour a little bit on a rag and wipe it down and two minutes of rubbing and the glue was gone. You buy MEK at the hardware store in the paint department.
Goo-Gone worx well for this, and it won't eat much other than glue.
 
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I heated mine up with a hair dryer, pulled them off with my fingers then cleaned up the left over glue gunk with Mosenbockers Lift Off spray.
 
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Originally Posted by krismac23
Any1 have any tips of taking off those dumb fork reflectors off w/o f-ing up the paint?
I used hot water to warm them up and pulled them off with my hand. The remaining glue I just rubbed off with my fingers. Then a little wax to polish.
 


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