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So no one had it leave a shadow or had it be alot brighter under neath where you saw a noticeable rectangle? If not, im taking them off!

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So no one had it leave a shadow or had it be alot brighter under neath where you saw a noticeable rectangle? If not, im taking them off!

 

I pulled the stickers off and Sierra yesterday with no noticeable shadow.

KMGZ400 Senior Enthusiast

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So no one had it leave a shadow or had it be alot brighter under neath where you saw a noticeable rectangle? If not, im taking them off!

 

 

i did, but that was on my 2001 which is about 12 years old. i debaged my 2003 and there was no paint fade.

 

also if you wanted to take the LT sticker off, its just a sticker and peels off. have googone and a good polishing compound when you do all this though

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After Debadge


Before debadge



I attached the two pics above. I used 20 test fishing line to pull off everything. After that we used a eraser wheel to get the heavy stuff off and then on to the 3M adhesive remover and the sticky basically just fell off. After all that you could see where everything used to be. Hit it with the buffer and compound and then some wax and you can't even tell they were there.
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I attached the two pics above. I used 20 test fishing line to pull off everything. After that we used a eraser wheel to get the heavy stuff off and then on to the 3M adhesive remover and the sticky basically just fell off. After all that you could see where everything used to be. Hit it with the buffer and compound and then some wax and you can't even tell they were there.

 

 

Pics arent working?

Doug_Scott Senior Enthusiast

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Ya mines an 06. So hopefully i wouldnt have that problem

 

 

Red is about the worst colour for fading. Not sure if the two stage paint has fixed that though. You may find it very noticable, and if you can't get it to be acceptable by polishing and buffing, put the strips back on. You may be able to locate some colour matched ones without the chrome strip. The colour will not be an exact match, but, since they are not flat pieces it will be easy to hide.

takevin Senior Enthusiast

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Keep the side trim, it'll save your doors lots of dings.

 

 

Not if you park far enough away. 0 dings on mine, taking that trim off would make it look

Nicer.

kstruckcountry Senior Enthusiast

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I park in a completely full parking lot at a college. There's no way to protect it from the stupidness of college kids. :lol: I've been thinking about getting some steps, to help protect from lower doors as well.

cparks555 Senior Enthusiast

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So no one had it leave a shadow or had it be alot brighter under neath where you saw a noticeable rectangle? If not, im taking them off!

 

 

Couple pics, just did this today. Hopefully it will give you an idea of what you're up against.

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