Project: Haters Gon Hate

[Jake]

I took the Miata's vinyl stripe off at home. It was original from late 1994, I'm sure. There is very, very minimal "ghosting" if the car is freshly washed and the sun catches the fender at justttt the right angle. I think a good polish would help eliminate that (Dan, are you listening? ) so we'll see.

I borrowed my mom's hair dryer, and heated it up about 6-8 inches at a time. Got an old gift card and started picking at it. It peeled off okay, but was really dried out from being so old, so it "flaked" more than peeled I suppose. Once you get the vinyl off, use Goo Gone to remove the glue residue. Then give it a good wash/wax so you can't see where you used the Goo Gone.

It's definitely a "process" and not a quick thing to do. I think I put about 6 or 7 hours into removing the Miata one. However, it looks SO much better now, and you can't tell that it was ever there 99.9% of the time. Worth the effort.