Pinstripe removal.

I would like to remove the pinstripes on my truck but am afraid that if i do their will be a line where the exposed paint has faded. Its an 01 that dosnt seem faded to me and stays under a car port. Is their anyway to know or find out with out removing it??

 

cut a small portion off of the pinstripe and look under -- that will be one risk you take by removing the pinstripe...

Some guys with older 1gens who debadged have "ghosting" from non-fading paint...

 

this is true....but, with a good buffing/polishing......it'll belnd very well...enough to where you cant tell.

 

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forgot to mention the buffing... thanks!

 

i took the stripes off my 96...they were noticable, but only in DIRECT sunlight. After a few buffings and a few summers of sun, there not so noticable now. What color is your truck your doing it to?

 

Im not sure what Toyota calls but its like a maroon.

 

It should be ok after some polishing and waxing. Im sure you could google this and find a good polish to help blend the two so its not as noticable.

 

my friend & removed mine on my taco, we used a heat gun, warm it up a bit, use gloves & push the way u r going! then we took the decal removal stuff, from a ca at advanced to get the glue residue off! we did wax a part on the cab, & u could hardly tell that there was a pin stripe there!