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#10 of 140 by gus Sep 18, 1999 (2:31 am)
Well, we'll wait a month and see what happens!!
#11 of 140 Thanks gus- by pocahontas Sep 18, 1999 (10:11 am)
So did you leave your dealer sticker on? <g> Pocahontas Community Leader/Coupes, Convertibles, and Sports Cars
#12 of 140 pocahontas- by fastdriver Sep 18, 1999 (1:27 pm)
pocahontas- The BEST way to avoid this problem in the first place is to INSIST that NO stickers be put on the car at all or you won't sign the papers! That should be on your list of things to say when you first go shopping for a car. MOST of them are UGLY anyway! My "5-STAR" dealer DID put one on despite the fact that I told them NOT to, but I left it because it's one of the nicest I've ever seen. It's a chrome sailboat with just the name Madison on it. That's the "short" name of the dealer and the town where he's located. It's right next to the words Chrysler on my trunk. I don't mind it at all or I would have had him take it off the day I went to pick up the car. fastdriver
#13 of 140 by jwolff Sep 29, 1999 (1:06 am)
I won't let a dealer place their logo on my vehicle unless it is a nice license plate frame ie it serves some function. Those garish logos usually do nothing but trap wax and dirt. 3M makes an excellent adhesive remover and you can pick it up at NAPA stores.
#14 of 140 Good topic idea by endries5 Sep 29, 1999 (11:30 pm)
I think this is a great topic for discussion! Do you have any wonderful suggestions or are you simply waiting to hear from others? We were lucky enough w/ our last new auto to get a dealer who put little adhesive stars, etc, as their logo. The pieces were so small they came off w/ no trouble whatsoever. Our other new auto must have slipped past the "advertising" guys because it had no dealer logo anywhere. Thank goodness because we were too caught up in the negotiating that I forgot to bring up the issue w/ the salesguy. Now we're in the market again & I really need to remember to put it on the purchase agreement that no dealer advertising shall be on our new car anywhere unless they'd like to pay me a monthly advertising fee!
#15 of 140 Get the wax off ... by cookw Oct 05, 1999 (5:22 pm)
I got a little wax on my new black rubber/plastic spash guards when I was waxing the car. Now I can't get the white residue off. I bought some mineral spirits on someones advice and tried that on them, but now they are even whiter than before. AARRGGH. Anybody have any advice on restoring them? Replies to this message: detailer96 (Mar 04, 2010 11:17 pm) Mr_Shiftright (Mar 05, 2010 7:44 am) obyone (Mar 05, 2010 2:03 pm)
#16 of 140 Wax residue by tom3k Oct 06, 1999 (1:51 pm)
This is a little off-topic (I really want to know if I can safely remove the plastic plate the dealer put on the car (was there when I got there - was probably there within 2 seconds of rolling off the truck- It isn'e even on straight)). I recently used Meguiar's tire gel successfully to remove some (fairly fresh) wax residue on textured black plastic parts on my new Odyssey. I have also used Aromorall and Mother's Back-To-Black with success, but they are alcohol-based and are apparently bad for rubber/plastic parts in the long run. Meguiar's is alcohol free and contains oils to condition rubber (and seems to work on plastic as well. I haven't found anything yet that's OK for flat black painted parts (Mother's B-T-B is for that, but again, the alcohol base). Replies to this message: detailer96 (Mar 04, 2010 11:23 pm)
#17 of 140 Air Bag Warning Labels by jeannettec1 Oct 06, 1999 (5:43 pm)
I hate the gaudy air bag warning labels on my visors. I asked the saleswoman if I could remove them and she said she thought I'd ruin the visor if I tried. Have any of you tried? My warning labels are red, black and yellow on a white background. It doesn't look like a label that can be peeled off. Jeannette
#18 of 140 Air bag warning labels by rea98d Oct 13, 1999 (11:18 pm)
The labels on my Thunderchicken are silk-screened onto the fabric, so the only way to remove them is reupholstering the sunvisors. The manufacturers deliberately make them hard to get off because they give important, albeit ugly, warnings. My grandfather would use a razorblade to take the dealer stickers off, and he could do it without damaging the paint. (He was an industrial painter for 40-some odd years, so he had lots of practice). My car has a design actually made into the tinting on the back glass, and another one that was tinted over, so the only way to remove them without ruining my back window is to replace it. Considering the expense and how wasteful it is to replace perfectly good glass, I'm going to live with the designs.
#19 of 140 OK, so how do I do it? by jefe5 Oct 14, 1999 (11:37 am)
The little plastic pieces that the dealer glues on the back of the car, exactly how do I get them off? I saw a hair dryer mentioned to get "stickers" off. Does that apply to the plastic stuff too. IF so, What do I do? Use the hair dryer as a hammer and knock them off? Don't mean to be dense, but really don't want to screw up my paint. I did see the reference to the 3-m adhesive remover from Napa. Thanks in advance somebody for taking me by the hand and leading me through this.

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