PSUice944

I have used the eraser wheel, and honestly, am VERY happy I have it still as it has been used many times.

I successfully removed the adhesive behind the plastic of the stone guards, Porsche lettering across the back, and adhesive behind the 944 before my repaint. It left NO scratches!

Later I haveused it on other adhesives stuck on various auto finished, the most recent the adhesive "foam" stuff adhering my 03 Jetta badging on. Not a scratch on my very scratchable black paint!

So my advice? Heat it up and use that plastiuc scraper to get the most material off, then try out that eraser wheel... It is one of the slickest purchases I have made.

nineeagles

the rubber eraser type wheels work pretty good but you need the high speed air motor for them....if you use an electric drill it must be very high speed.....the wheel removes the vinyl as well as the glue but you can burn through paint if you are not careful.....I use them all the time and only darkened a white paint once in 15 years....

ND103

I'm about to begin this project, too. Are the eraser wheels readily available at auto parts stores (e.g., Pep Boys)? If not, where can I find one?

Thanks,
Antony

buckshot

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND HEAT AND A PLASTIC SCRAPER AND TAKE YOUR TIME!!
HAVE FUN!
BUCKSHOT WI

jenket944

How NOT to do it? Yeah, that would be what I did...
So don't use lighter fluid and a plastic scraper, unless you want to remove the clear coat while you're at it. DOH!

jason952

I used the wheel and a drill, nothing fancy, it worked well. You get to a point where the wheel is hot enough to melt the plastic, but not enough to hurt the paint. Use goo gone adhesive remover too! Either use 50/50 alcohol and water for the application or soapy water. A guy named harvey peck sells them on here for about 70 bucks, a great price.

AndyK

Where do you get this magic eraser wheel for your drill? And, how does it NOT harm the paint if it's melting and scraping off the stone guard?

Dilberto

The best way I learned, is to use an adhesive remover- Goof-Off(yellow/red can, at hardware stores) squirt alot of it on the strip and wait a few minutes. Then, using a sharp-edged plastic pot scraper- gently loosen the old sticker off. If the first peeling is still hard- sqirt some more to saturate the old sticker. by the time you reach half way off- it should easily peel away. Get another clean rag, and collect the old residual adhesive to form a sticky pile, and lop it off with the scraper. Be sure to clean off the remover with alcohol- because over time...the remover will begin to break down the clearcoating of the paint. Otherwise, for removing old, sticky, gummy stuff...it works wonders. Even laminate will peel-off, using this solvent.

Zach

PSUice944

Check the auto parts stores near you that seem to specialize in automotive paint... I bought mine when i was prepping for a re-spray and went to a large autozone that supplied a lot of local shops paints. They had this with plenty of other more "serious" prepping tools, like some decent adhesive remover as well.

With some patience, you will find this somewhere!

Best,

clangjr

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to replace these things with a magnet that is color matched? That way when they get screwed up again (and they will) all you have to do is remove a magnet and put a new one on.
Anyone have access to something like this?

AndyK

If you only have to replace them once every 10-15 years, I have no problem putting the exact same stickers back on there!!

The Goof Off method sounds the easiest...is there a catch?

Spock 951

I am getting ready to replace my stone guards, and wanted to get a feel for how satisfied people are with the different ones that are available, i.e., from different vendors (Paragon, EvilBay, etc) and quality of the different materials (3M, etc)...

I would be interested to hear how they stack up in terms of fit, thickness, optical clarity, quality of the cut, and so forth. It is worth taking a chance on the cheaper EbaY ones, or spend the big bucks for OEM?

A quick forum search turned up one negative comment about some off of EbaY. Anyone else had problems with these?

Keith