Black door pillars and buffing

shane · 02-03-2002, 09:05 AM

Has anyone tried to buff them.The door pillars on my car are fading and i thought about using a buffer on them if so what kind of wax etc,i do not want to take the black vinyl off the car (white car) or put carbon fiber on.Yes i did a search and could not find any thing thanks

KWheelzSB · 02-03-2002, 09:09 AM

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Originally posted by shane
Has anyone tried to buff them.The door pillars on my car are fading and i thought about using a buffer on them if so what kind of wax etc,i do not want to take the black vinyl off the car (white car) or put carbon fiber on.Yes i did a search and could not find any thing thanks

You might try a "plastic polish." Several of the big name wax product companies make them. I know Mother's & Meguiar's each make one.

shane · 02-03-2002, 01:06 PM

where can i get this at,cant remember ever seeing it thanks

*GarthG* · 02-03-2002, 01:08 PM

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where can i get this at,cant remember ever seeing it thanks

You could always take them off. . . It is just a black plastic tape. . . That is what I did and it is painted underneath. Only thing is you may have to buff out some small scratches because it isn't perfect under there.

shane · 02-09-2002, 10:08 PM

Think i could usse a scratch and haze remover on the door pillars,would the buffer hurt my vent shades any thanks

RedMax95 · 02-09-2002, 10:38 PM

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Originally posted by shane
i do not want to take the black vinyl off the car

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Originally posted by Adidas_Boy

You could always take them off. . . It is just a black plastic tape. . . That is what I did and it is painted underneath. Only thing is you may have to buff out some small scratches because it isn't perfect under there.

anyway i took mine off too, some people just painted over them, its just vinyl

Nismo · 02-09-2002, 10:44 PM

then why not just put black vinyl over them instead?

shane · 02-17-2002, 06:08 PM

Has anyone had the vinyl replaced with some more vinyl if so how much etc thanks

*Vyrus* · 02-17-2002, 06:15 PM

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Has anyone had the vinyl replaced with some more vinyl if so how much etc thanks

Should be no more than $25. Any local graphics/vinyl shop should be able to do it for you. I was quoted $40 for carbon-fiber (which was more expensive than black of course), but they guy was like "But why do you want to bother putting the vinyl back on, the paint looks better," and so I left it off.

-Cyrus

shane · 02-18-2002, 05:35 PM

I would leave the vinyl off but the car is white with tinted windows and the back are a shader darker cant remember how much darker and to me that white would not look very nice thanks

*iansw* · 02-18-2002, 06:24 PM

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Originally posted by shane
I would leave the vinyl off but the car is white with tinted windows and the back are a shader darker cant remember how much darker and to me that white would not look very nice thanks

I think it looks great!
I'll probably be doing my own car this week.

IanS

DCmax · 02-18-2002, 08:59 PM

How do you remove them?

I painted mine this June and they are already starting to fade.

MJM97MAXSE · 02-18-2002, 10:43 PM

Yeah, who has some hints on doing this because I would like to do this to my max in the next week or two. If someone could write how they did it, and any suggestions would be very helpful. Thanks

- Mike

cbr2 · 02-19-2002, 05:25 AM

Don't peal them off. You will never get the paint to sit right on the metal.. Just tape them off very well and spray paint them w/ "bumper black" which is designed to stick on the vynal material. It works great..
Or you can go to Nissan and pay $20 each for new stickers.

DCmax · 02-19-2002, 05:53 AM

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Originally posted by cbr2
Don't peal them off. You will never get the paint to sit right on the metal.. Just tape them off very well and spray paint them w/ "bumper black" which is designed to stick on the vynal material. It works great..
Or you can go to Nissan and pay $20 each for new stickers.

No way, you can get this part from NIssan? All that time Ive spent taping and painting down the drain. Have any idea what the part is called?

Also, does this sticker just go on top of the existing viynl or does the old viynl need to be stripped off?

Does the $20 cover an entire side?

RedMax95 · 02-19-2002, 09:46 AM

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Originally posted by cbr2
Don't peal them off. You will never get the paint to sit right on the metal..

whatcha talking about? mine is sitting quite nicely

*Big_Ham* · 02-19-2002, 10:39 AM

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whatcha talking about? mine is sitting quite nicely

So, I'm a little confused. If I take the black pieces off, there is paint underneath? If so, it obviously won't sit flush - so I'm taking it that you just painted the tape? Or you took the tape off and painted the pastic? If so, what kind of paint did you use/how did you do it? I have some ideas, but looking to see how someone already did it.

*iansw* · 02-19-2002, 10:47 AM

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Originally posted by Big_Ham

So, I'm a little confused. If I take the black pieces off, there is paint underneath? If so, it obviously won't sit flush - so I'm taking it that you just painted the tape? Or you took the tape off and painted the pastic? If so, what kind of paint did you use/how did you do it? I have some ideas, but looking to see how someone already did it.

I think someone needs to do a writeup of how to do this properly.

And I still don't get what anyone means by "sitting improperly". Looks fine to me.

And how bad is th paint underneath? Is it missing the Clearcoat or something? Does it just need to be buffed?

Why is taking the sticker off anything but a good idea?

IanS

*GarthG* · 02-19-2002, 01:20 PM

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Originally posted by iansw

I think someone needs to do a writeup of how to do this properly.

And I still don't get what anyone means by "sitting improperly". Looks fine to me.

And how bad is th paint underneath? Is it missing the Clearcoat or something? Does it just need to be buffed?

Why is taking the sticker off anything but a good idea?

IanS

I had the vinal taken off and it looks fine to me also. . . It is painted and clear coated, but it just needs to have some scratches, at most, buffed out. The vinal isn't that thick and it doesn't look irregular at all. As for doing it correctly, I have no clue how to do it as I just had the body shop do it while it was being fixed for other things.

RedMax95 · 02-19-2002, 02:30 PM

heres my write up:
1. open front door
2. use fingernails to pull up vinyl behind door
3. heat up the vinyl piece with a hairdryer so it will come off in one piece and you have less glue left on it
4. pull the piece, follow the edges and make sure to get it out from under the trim, its much easier if you can keep it in one piece
5. now you see paint, mine was very close to the paint color, already clearcoated, no scratches, use some adhesive remover to get rid of the glue stuff
6. wax
7. back door: open both front and back doors
8. you need to pull back the weatherstripping a little in order to get the piece started
9. once you start pulling off the piece repeat steps 2-6
10. enjoy

shane · 02-19-2002, 03:59 PM

I buffed it and it did not help with the fading/peeling look that i have all the buffing did was get rid of the scratches that i had so i will do something else

*iansw* · 02-19-2002, 04:39 PM

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I buffed it and it did not help with the fading/peeling look that i have all the buffing did was get rid of the scratches that i had so i will do something else

You buffed the paint or the plastic sticker?

ebmorgan did his today on his I30...just removed the tape, used some goo-gone to remove the adhesive left over, wash and wax, and viola!

looks nice!

IanS

Kevin · 05-01-2002, 08:28 PM

anyone have a pic of this mod on a White maxima with tinted windows? how does it look in a tinted car? I'm wondering if it would look better just to keep it on. Thanks

Kevin

*iansw* · 05-01-2002, 10:20 PM

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anyone have a pic of this mod on a White maxima with tinted windows? how does it look in a tinted car? I'm wondering if it would look better just to keep it on. Thanks

Kevin

I have a pic of ebmorgan's I30, which is white:

IanS

*Jepht20* · 05-01-2002, 11:22 PM

i really want to do this...mines white and the one on the first page with altezza's looks awesome. my only problem is, i just recently put on the vent visors (rain guards)...so it would probably be a pain to take those off and do that...so i don't know what to do.

MystiWink · 10-10-2002, 09:51 AM

HELP!!! I have started taking off the black tape from my pillars! The glue didnt come off very well. I have Lots of glue left on my pillars. I have tried goo b gone and thats not working. What other kind of SAFE adhesive can I use? Please help

! I have a gimp door ! LOL

*thebigsadler* · 10-10-2002, 10:15 AM

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HELP!!! I have started taking off the black tape from my pillars! The glue didnt come off very well. I have Lots of glue left on my pillars. I have tried goo b gone and thats not working. What other kind of SAFE adhesive can I use? Please help ! I have a gimp door ! LOL

dry it off.. and rub with isopropyl rubbing alcohol. just wash right after