So I purchased my new to GT3 on May 17 and brought it home. I looked it over really well and everything indicates that its a mechanically sound car. One small thing I noticed when I bought the car was a few places of residue from where they attempted to remove the original clear bra. Boy was I wrong! The poor detailer I hired to prep the car before the new clear bra install spent 12 hours and almost quit his profession trying to get all of that damn residue off. The clear bra installer added another 8 hours working on the residue before installing the clear bra. In all, it took the installer two full days to put the new bra on. During this time I tried to get an appointment with the local dealership to do some warranty work on my new CPO'd car because the transmission was popping out of second gear. Took forever to get the car in and the parts replaced. Finally, it was released last Saturday, July 12. Now today my mechanic calls me with another issue he encountered while getting ready to install the roll bar. Who the F*** puts dynamat in a friggin GT3? Aaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!! The guys in the shop spent the better part of the afternoon trying to get it out, but its a huge mess.

So, does anyone have some good advice on how to get this crap off? We've looked over the inter webs and have come up with heat, pull fast, cut the stuff you've removed off and try again. Also have heard to try dry ice. Most of these recommendations have come from Corvette and Honda Civic forums, haha. Does anyone on here have any first hand experience? Thanks in advance.

 

What a friggin nightmare!

 

Ah geeeesh!!!! Yes....I do.... ('55 Chevy, 632BB, TKO, ...mini tubs)

If it makes you feel any better it looks well installed and you have the "extreme" which is the higher quality stuff....around a $2200 job. Back to the question: Use a heat gun or hot blow dryer to heat up the material and slowly peel. Garrantied that the foil will come off and the heavy/black glue residue will stay. Use a putty knife to clean that crap off. If you want all the sticky stuff gone at the end use 3M adhesive remove or Goo Gone...

Painful process...slow process....heat will stink up the glue....don't melt your plastics, electronics, or wires with the heat gun.

 

My suggestion would be to simply enjoy the sound of silence...

 

Brother that's just wrong on so many levels!

It's just going to take a while to do it, there are no shortcuts. A friend bought an M3 that had been a car stereo company show car. Needless to say, it was covered from bumper to bumper!! Heat (be careful with wiring and plastics), a good scraper/spatula and a professional strength adhesive remover. Which from the sound of your clear bra removal, your guy already has a good one (we used Goof Off or maybe that's just what we were doing ).

It's a painstaking job but we of the light weight, hard core club thank you for your effort!

 

He can put on track pipes and not hear the drone.

 

and these are the cars i am competing with on price..

lol.

i've heard dry ice... and chip it off. honestly.

 

+1
Dry ice does work on factory sound deadening/rubberized tar, so I don't see why it wouldn't work for Dynamat. Freezes into a solid and comes off in larger pieces as opposed to scraping goo. Plus, with the foil layer involved, it may help to hold together in larger sections during removal.

 

Understand this completely - had a full multi $k sound system in mine.

20 hours later it's much closer to stock and 100 lbs lighter with meticulously done wiring

Different strokes for different folks

 

Dry ice won't work on dynamat. Old fashioned elbow grease is the only answer.

 

I would also suggest you leaving them in place. The residue will be really difficult to remove completely. If you are worried about weight, don't. The pictured area has less than 20lbs of material.

 

If its as bad as tree sap that's been sitting for awhile u have to have it soaked by say concentrated "goo gone" or similar for a few hrs then lotta elbow grease there on. mike

 

I had to pull up a peel and stick tile floor in a motorhome and while not the same stuff I can speak from experience it is a real PITA. But ti will come up. The best product I found was an adhesive remover you buy at a carpet or big box store. You want the gel and not the liquidy stuff. Look in the carpet and tile section. You put this stuff down and then cover it with plastic. Then walk away for a good 30 mins or more. Come back and start cleaning the glue up which should be a liquid. You push it around, get it on a trowel and then into the trash can. Stinky and sticky job. You might want a mask and not the cheap paper kind.

Good luck!

 

this is why i red flag any car with aftermarket audio..... I am currently doing audio restoration in two 993s....
The dynomat will come off. Just takes work.
Have you tried contacting dynomat?

 

No aftermarket stereo on this one. It's coming up, just lots of labor and chemicals. Will try the gel adhesive remover.