Euro stripe

[cwsigmund]

Has anyone removed or painted over the red stripe along the bumpers and trim on Lumina Eurosports? I'd much rather have a solid black car, than have the red stripe around the whole car like a big ugly pinstripe. I'm wondering if it's easier to remove the material or just paint over it.

[1990lumina]

IIRC that red is paint....underneath is silver if I remember. with that in mind I'd sand the red a bit to get it rough, tape off everything and paint over the red a few times...

[luminal67]

IIRC that red is paint....underneath is silver if I remember. with that in mind I'd sand the red a bit to get it rough, tape off everything and paint over the red a few times...

 

I'm pretty sure its red tape because i've pulled i off a car in the junk yard. It looked like the trim from a base lumina underneath.

[Grand Moff Joseph]

That red trim is just black rubber trim with red vinyl on it. Mine has turned pink, and I plan on laying new red vinyl over it.

[cwsigmund]

Thanks ya'all, do ya know how hard it is to just peel/pull off?

[Euro]

it'll probably be kinda hard since it had to stay on the car for along time...just use a heat gun(or hair dryer) and heat it up, then it should just peel off with little to no trouble

[cwsigmund]

it'll probably be kinda hard since it had to stay on the car for along time...just use a heat gun(or hair dryer) and heat it up, then it should just peel off with little to no trouble

 

Thanks much. I think I might try it. I really dislike the red stripe.

[EurosportZ34]

i took mine off. it's alot harder to remove than pinstriping...lol!

i just pulled like a mother and it finally came off, but it left some white shit behind it so you might have to get a hair dryer and some googone to get that shit off. not too hard otherwise.

[cwsigmund]

Would it be easier, or even practical, to just paint it black?

[1990lumina]

Would it be easier, or even practical, to just paint it black?

 

Maybe, but if you don't prep it right the paint probably won't stick properly