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Dealer sticker removal
I'm likely getting the D3 soon to take in for a thorough going over, inside and out. As part of my back-to-new restoration, I want to remove the label stuck to the back windscreen advertising the dealer in which it was born, and replace it with my new DISCO3.CO.UK sticker I've bought for it 8)
Any ideas how I should go about removing this? It looks like it's all individual letters stuck on. I don't want any sticky residue or anything, as I want to be able to put the DISCO3 sticker in this place. Thanks in advance for any help
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Would also like to do the same to the Volvo (which has the sticker in the exact 'format'):
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you can get rid of the sticky residue by using "Mr Sheen" spray. spray it on, leave 5 mins then wipe it all off.. Duncan
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18th Jun 2007 8:55 pm
CY
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It's on the inside - and I'm very anxious about those heated screen pipes 2007 Porsche Boxster (987) 2.7
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18th Jun 2007 8:59 pm
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Yes be carefull around the elements. Heat the glass with a hair dryer first.
18th Jun 2007 9:02 pm
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CY wrote:
It's on the inside - and I'm very anxious about those heated screen pipes
get the wife to pick at it with her fingernails !!
Seriously not a big issue. Stanley knife or similar object to lift an edge and peel back slowly. The 'Heated Screen Pipes' will not be hurt. Anyway if your central heating to the window fails, you've always got your AC.
18th Jun 2007 9:11 pm
CY
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Not worried about burning myself Just don't want to break 'em 2007 Porsche Boxster (987) 2.7
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18th Jun 2007 9:24 pm
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CY wrote:
Not worried about burning myself Just don't want to break 'em
Unless you have a leg of lamb for a left hand and a ham shank for a right you'll be okay. Have a bit confidence and get in about it man!!
18th Jun 2007 9:58 pm
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Its not a real problem if you break them. All you need to do is get some metal paint and a very small brush and paint a line over the 'pipes' where they are broken In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
18th Jun 2007 10:01 pm
blue meanie D3 Decade
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bung a brick through the screen, claim off the insurance and get a brand-spanking-new screen without stickers?
no, maybe not then...
seriously though, if you get the stickers off and some of the glue remains, you'll probably need to use a solvent cleaner of some sort, with all the doors open at the time of course...
(I removed my dealer stickers the day it was delivered, so they weren't that well stuck, that's helpful isn't it )and theeeeennn......???
I removed my dealer stickers the day it was delivered....
About the only thing my dealer got right, told them not to bother putting any on unless they were willing to pay my advertising rates, strangely they weren't!The End
18th Jun 2007 10:43 pm
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got some surgical spirit?
that'll remove stickers and the sticky messy goo after
then clean window with a good glass cleaner
18th Jun 2007 10:48 pm
CY
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Thanks guys.
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18th Jun 2007 10:52 pm
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WD40 and white spirit - works every time, the polish the glass with normal glass polish or vinegarNow Golf GTI PP, 7 speed DSG.
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will not be hurt. Anyway if your central heating to the window fails, you've always got your AC. 
