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Old Nov 10, 2005 | 04:01 PM
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Until a few days ago, I had CF overlays installed on my B-pillar panels. After they had been on the car for several months, the clear rubber coating had started to crack and just generally look nasty, so I decided to remove them.

Unfortunately, quite a bit of the 3M tape is still stuck to the b-pillars, and will not come off easily. I can scrape at it with my fingernails, but that will take a long time to complete.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to easily remove the adhesive?

Also, where can I just purchase OEM replacements, and how much?

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Old Nov 10, 2005 | 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by titanjc
Until a few days ago, I had CF overlays installed on my B-pillar panels. After they had been on the car for several months, the clear rubber coating had started to crack and just generally look nasty, so I decided to remove them.

Unfortunately, quite a bit of the 3M tape is still stuck to the b-pillars, and will not come off easily. I can scrape at it with my fingernails, but that will take a long time to complete.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to easily remove the adhesive?

Also, where can I just purchase OEM replacements, and how much?

How about Goo Gone. You can get at Wal Mart or any retailer like that. It dissolves glue.
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Old Nov 10, 2005 | 05:00 PM
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They make adhesive remover. We have some called Goo Gone, but I'm sure there are 100 products that do the trick.
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Old Nov 10, 2005 | 06:51 PM
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just get some higher quality CF pieces and replace them
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by spdu4ia
just get some higher quality CF pieces and replace them
Thats what I had to do. I had crappy ebay ones, they faded and cracked and wrinkeled. I replaced them with the Varis ones, and they look great!
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 06:01 AM
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A heat gun will also make getting the 3M off very very easy.
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Old Nov 11, 2005 | 06:36 AM
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Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'm going to go look for some adhesive remover today.

I want to stay away from the carbon look now that I've got my windows tinted (finally haha). I think the black windows with the black b-pillar make it look like there's one big window on the side, it seems to almost stretch the car out a bit...

Plus I spent $100 on the last pieces from Performance Nissan and they looked like crap after about 7 months.
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