B-Pillar Tape removal
 

As my ti's rejuvenation continues nicely, the appearance of the B pillars is bothering me.

Anybody with experience removing the tape??
Heat gun, hair dryer, or ??
Would like to avoid chemicals if possible. (Maybe some goo-gone to remove any remaining residue if necessary)

Any advice would be appreciated.

thanks,

max


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Heat gun to remove the tape, Goo-Gone to remove any residue left behind.

Thanks for the confirmation wolferj !

cheers,
max

I used a steamer left very little residue

I can see why you are removing it. That said, I never cared for the E36s that do not have black there.. just too jarring to the design of the car

Tape removed successfully. I had rented a fender roller that came with a heat gun for warming up the paint - so it was a natural to use it. Plus, my little steamer is rather weak.
The first side came off pretty easy. Maybe 60% of the glue residue came off with the tape. On the other side, probably 90% of the glue reside stayed. Arrgh. Lots of letting the Goo-Gone soak in helped get the crud off.

If my car was any color other than black, I would definitely replace the black out trim. But, since mine is black, I will leave it paint showing. IMO, the gloss black paint blends with the shine of the glass better than the flat black does.
(although my old black tape may have been a step beyond flat LOL)

Will post a photo when i get a chance to take some.

max

Interesting. My Ti does not have the black tape. It is a 95 helrot clubsport. I wonder if the PO removed it or it came without it stock? Anyone know if the tape came on 100% of the 318Tis?

Nice steering wheel by the way.

My 95 Active came without tape, but painted matte black. Yoda and I removed the tape off of his 97 Alaska Blue ti, and he really liked it with out the tape.

I have since done a black CF vinyl wrap on the b-pillar just for fun. Looks decent to me...

they all came with the tape as far as I know, but the dealers official "fix" when the tape started looking crappy was to just remove it so it could have been done by a dealer or by the PO