disaltzman
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Hi all!
This isn't quite the introduction I was hoping to make on this forum, but this situation is way above my head and I need the advice of others. Yesterday, I decided it was finally time to remove the vinyl fender stripes that came on my car (2019 EcoBoost Premium 201A) as part of the Wheel and Stripe package. I got the car in early April as a CPO and had gone back and forth about removing them, but finally decided it was time because I have a detailing appointment Friday and if I removed the stripes later, didn't want to be missing wax/sealant in that area.
I used all of the best practices people recommend for removing stripes (heat, pulling parallel to the stripe and not up) and five of the six pieces came off perfectly. You can't even tell they were ever there (as one might expect considering the car is 13 months old from manufacturing date). However, the passenger door piece, while removing just as easily as the rest, seems to have either pulled off the clear coat entirely, or was applied before the clear coat was fully cured. As the photo shows, it literally feels like the stripe was debossed into the door:
Anyone have any idea what is happening here? I can't seem to find anything anywhere about a comparable experience. It doesn't seem to be ghosting or the paint being preserved (as it didn't happen anywhere else on the car), and it feels like there is still some clear coat left. However, there is a very noticeable ridge that you can catch with your fingernail if you run it from where the stripe was to the rest of the door panel.
As I mentioned earlier, the car is going to be detailed on Friday, so they might be able to take care of it. The car is also still under the warranty, if that's worth anything in this case.
Thanks in advance!
Dave
This isn't quite the introduction I was hoping to make on this forum, but this situation is way above my head and I need the advice of others. Yesterday, I decided it was finally time to remove the vinyl fender stripes that came on my car (2019 EcoBoost Premium 201A) as part of the Wheel and Stripe package. I got the car in early April as a CPO and had gone back and forth about removing them, but finally decided it was time because I have a detailing appointment Friday and if I removed the stripes later, didn't want to be missing wax/sealant in that area.
I used all of the best practices people recommend for removing stripes (heat, pulling parallel to the stripe and not up) and five of the six pieces came off perfectly. You can't even tell they were ever there (as one might expect considering the car is 13 months old from manufacturing date). However, the passenger door piece, while removing just as easily as the rest, seems to have either pulled off the clear coat entirely, or was applied before the clear coat was fully cured. As the photo shows, it literally feels like the stripe was debossed into the door:
Anyone have any idea what is happening here? I can't seem to find anything anywhere about a comparable experience. It doesn't seem to be ghosting or the paint being preserved (as it didn't happen anywhere else on the car), and it feels like there is still some clear coat left. However, there is a very noticeable ridge that you can catch with your fingernail if you run it from where the stripe was to the rest of the door panel.
As I mentioned earlier, the car is going to be detailed on Friday, so they might be able to take care of it. The car is also still under the warranty, if that's worth anything in this case.
Thanks in advance!
Dave
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