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WRX Youngster 05 May 2002 04:51 PM

Has anyone removed the wind deflectors off their car. If so does it damage the paintwork underneath.

Thanks

Luke

muddy 05 May 2002 05:02 PM

I did, last year.
Hell of a job!!!!!!
I used a craft knife and carefully cut through the adhesive foam stuff. Once removed I used some Adhesive remover (autoglym) which took the best part of a week.
A few t-cuts and polishes later looked great. I thought it looked a lot better with them off.
I noticed that the paint worked underneath was slightly marked due to the adhesive obviously a slight reaction to the paint.
You can only tell when you get about 10cm away from it,and look really really close. But I'm a perfectionist, it probably wouldn't be seen by most people.

hope this helps.

Muddy :):)

WRX Youngster 06 May 2002 07:50 PM

Surely there is more than just one person that have removed wind deflectors from their cars

Luke

scooby555 06 May 2002 08:04 PM

Why do u wanna do that ???? :confused:

WRX Youngster 07 May 2002 12:43 AM

The car just looks cleaner without them i think.

Luke

velryba 07 May 2002 03:57 AM

are you planning to sell them???
may i have a first refusal?

let me know
robert

Brun 07 May 2002 09:00 AM

Which wind deflectors are we talking about?

WRX Youngster 07 May 2002 07:52 PM

The ones which go up the A-Piller and along above the doors

Luke

airhead 08 May 2002 02:37 AM

I had to pull mine off, as it broke when some scumbag tried to steal the scooby. Mine came off easily, but it left behind the solvent/adhesive. Still picking mine off by hand, but with hot water it becomes gooey, and should scape off with finger nails. Might take a week though - be warned. Obviously when it's cold it's rock hard. The solvent/adhesive doesn't bother me to much.


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