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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 07:57 PM
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Is this a decal or paint?

Here's my car and as you can tell on the bottom there is a grey stripe that goes all the way around, is it paint or a decal, and if is a decal how easy is it to take it off? I know my car looks like the front is high, but its sitting on a hill.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 08:16 PM
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I have no idea about the stripe, just wanted to say that's a very clean looking early thirdgen.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 08:26 PM
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Need a closer pic... and i agree nice looking ride
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 08:27 PM
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It's a decal. My sister's SC had the same thing.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 08:33 PM
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its a decal , they can be taken off, the shops use rubber wheels to like melt the decal off , you gotta be careful b/c the paint maybe faded. so it might look funny with the decal off.
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Old Nov 17, 2003 | 11:19 PM
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Thanks for the compliments. The reason I ask is that I would like to put ground effects on my car, but I dont want them to be grey. Can you take the decals off yourself, or would it be better to have a shop do it.
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Old Nov 18, 2003 | 11:16 AM
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if you havent doen body work before , or havent taken off car decals , then i think you should have a shop do it. It will probably cost 125-175 bucks, but that isnt much compared to the damage you could do to it. WIth a heat gun you could bubble the paint.
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Old Nov 18, 2003 | 07:38 PM
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Here's a better shot at it....
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Old Nov 18, 2003 | 08:38 PM
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yes for sure they are decals i used to have them on my car but i took them off

it was fairly easy i just let the car sit out in the sun and then they came right off
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Old Nov 18, 2003 | 09:13 PM
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Use a heat gun set on a moderate setting and a razor blade and it will come off easily
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Old Nov 18, 2003 | 09:30 PM
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Honestly I would leave it on. If your car has ever been repainted, you may pull the decals off only to find that the masking job for the 2 colors was not the greatest. When my dad and I repainted my sisters car, we redid the original 2-tone charcoal and white paint like yours. It looked funny without the pinstripes. The decal kinda makes it 'fade' from the dark to light color.

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Old Nov 19, 2003 | 10:06 AM
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There is a decal that separates the main color from the secondary color. The bottom color is paint. Only the decal between them is not paint.
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Old Nov 19, 2003 | 04:16 PM
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Well you said your getting gfx. So get them to take the decals off and it its faded paint over it when they paint the gfx. But I believe the bottom part is painted, just the little stripes on top are decals like Jim said.
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Old Nov 22, 2003 | 10:42 PM
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Ive decided not to put gfx on, and instead lower the front end. Thanks for your help.
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