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03-12-2003, 03:18 PM

Hey guys, I wanted to know...I have a '98 nordic mist lude, w/ no mods.Should I have no pin stripes...it came like that and I think it looks kinda ummm...not so great especially when I wax my car you see it on the pin stripes.The pin stripes are on the sides of the car where the grove is...my friend suggested getting the same stripes just different pattern.The stripes are gray and they are kinda peeling so I want to know should I replace them or just take them off all together!!??I don't plan on changing the color of the car if that helps.But I do plan on putting a kit and so forth.
Thanks

BlackWolf · 03-12-2003, 03:22 PM

Take 'em off. It's the first thing I did when I got mines....

03-12-2003, 06:21 PM

Thanks...I asked a few other people and they agreed.I'm taking them off tomorrow.

03-12-2003, 07:54 PM

yeah i'd take the pin stripes off

ebpda9 · 03-12-2003, 11:35 PM

i took mine off and left me with some different color where they used to be.

03-13-2003, 06:51 AM

I did it with my old car and I did notice the color difference once removed, but after washing the car and getting rid of the sticky stuff and waxing it..the color matched the car fine.I have a friend who has a buffer so that might rid me of worrying about anything left over.
Also, last time I just peeled the stripes off and cleaned the area with car soap and waxed afterwards, is their a special way to remove them....??

*ChrisCantSkate* · 03-13-2003, 05:31 PM

the pinstripe looks like ass IMO. i had a black pinstripe on my old white prelude, when i took that off, the car looks 100x better.

pimpinprelude · 03-14-2003, 04:53 PM

yea once u get the stripes off and u have all that gueeey junk on there get a old rag and put some rubbing alcohol and wipe it off.

03-15-2003, 01:07 PM

you shouldent have much of a problem getting the stripe off if its peeling anyway

and i dunno if i would use rubbing alchohol. it might do something to the paint. Use Goo Gone or something like that

03-17-2003, 10:10 AM

pin stripes are a negative, i had gold ones on my black accord, needless to say i got rid of them. i did it over the course of a few days though cause im lazy, i just waited till it was blisteringly hot outside cause the adhesive will loosen up, or you can take a hair dryer to it, after that i used goo gone until i ran out and i remembered a guy at the store reccomending lighter fluid so i tried that and it worked, after i got it all off i just washed and waxed it and it event he color out.

03-19-2003, 09:27 AM

Hmm I dont have them on mine. But YES take them OFF right away.......

03-12-2003, 03:18 PM	#1
HNDAGRL Posts: n/a	Should I remove "pin stripes"... Hey guys, I wanted to know...I have a '98 nordic mist lude, w/ no mods.Should I have no pin stripes...it came like that and I think it looks kinda ummm...not so great especially when I wax my car you see it on the pin stripes.The pin stripes are on the sides of the car where the grove is...my friend suggested getting the same stripes just different pattern.The stripes are gray and they are kinda peeling so I want to know should I replace them or just take them off all together!!??I don't plan on changing the color of the car if that helps.But I do plan on putting a kit and so forth. Thanks

03-12-2003, 03:22 PM	#2
BlackWolf La Loba Loca Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nor Cal Posts: 1,016	Take 'em off. It's the first thing I did when I got mines.... __________________ Does the noise in my head bother you??

03-12-2003, 11:35 PM	#5
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 44 Posts: 17,266	i took mine off and left me with some different color where they used to be. __________________

03-13-2003, 05:31 PM	#7
ChrisCantSkate Thought Police Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: orlando florida Age: 40 Posts: 9,662	the pinstripe looks like ass IMO. i had a black pinstripe on my old white prelude, when i took that off, the car looks 100x better. __________________ Black Vtec Prelude-h22a power'd Many dreams come true, and some have silver linings. I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold.

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03-12-2003, 06:21 PM	#3
HNDAGRL Posts: n/a	Thanks...I asked a few other people and they agreed.I'm taking them off tomorrow.

03-12-2003, 07:54 PM	#4
RU_Teg Posts: n/a	yeah i'd take the pin stripes off

03-13-2003, 06:51 AM	#6
HNDAGRL Posts: n/a	I did it with my old car and I did notice the color difference once removed, but after washing the car and getting rid of the sticky stuff and waxing it..the color matched the car fine.I have a friend who has a buffer so that might rid me of worrying about anything left over. Also, last time I just peeled the stripes off and cleaned the area with car soap and waxed afterwards, is their a special way to remove them....??

03-14-2003, 04:53 PM	#8
pimpinprelude Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Atlanta Age: 37 Posts: 1,325	yea once u get the stripes off and u have all that gueeey junk on there get a old rag and put some rubbing alcohol and wipe it off.

03-15-2003, 01:07 PM	#9
Shot 2 Hel Posts: n/a	you shouldent have much of a problem getting the stripe off if its peeling anyway and i dunno if i would use rubbing alchohol. it might do something to the paint. Use Goo Gone or something like that

03-17-2003, 10:10 AM	#10
R34 94 EX Posts: n/a	pin stripes are a negative, i had gold ones on my black accord, needless to say i got rid of them. i did it over the course of a few days though cause im lazy, i just waited till it was blisteringly hot outside cause the adhesive will loosen up, or you can take a hair dryer to it, after that i used goo gone until i ran out and i remembered a guy at the store reccomending lighter fluid so i tried that and it worked, after i got it all off i just washed and waxed it and it event he color out.

03-19-2003, 09:27 AM	#11
Hellified SH Posts: n/a	Hmm I dont have them on mine. But YES take them OFF right away.......