182 Cup - removing the stripes!

[Neal H]

Hi all,

I collected my 182 Cup earlier this week and have to say that I am absolutely delighted with it. I just need to clock up a few hundred miles in the shortest possible time so that I can start driving it properly

The car is Racing blue and came with the competition stripes, it happened to be the one they had in stock, and they were prepared to do a better deal if I was prepared to take that one. Now I love the Racing Blue, but have serious doubts about the stripes My question is, has anyone tried to remove the stripes? Do they peel off, or would I be likely to damage the paint?

Cheers,
Neal.

 

[Final Maxim]

just get a hot air gun or a hair dryer and theyll peel off pretty easily. if they do leave a mark just give it a wax or t-cut.. whichever you use.

FM

 

[Ian_182]

hot water works too

ian

 

[182_blue]

watch it doesnt take the paint of, make sure you heat it through properly

 

[Final Maxim]

Quote: Originally posted by 182blue on 03 December 2004

watch it doesnt take the paint of, make sure you heat it through properly

on a brand new car? bout a 1 in a squidtrillion chance

 

[182_blue]

yeh but thats exactly what happened to a 182 that i saw today at renault nottingham

 

[Final Maxim]

Quote: Originally posted by 182blue on 03 December 2004

yeh but thats exactly what happened to a 182 that i saw today at renault nottingham



nuff said really

 

[182_blue]

????

 

[Final Maxim]

i wouldnt trust a renault dealer with an ice cream, never mind my car

 

[182_blue]

tell me about it, they wouldnt do my headlamp washers under warranty on a new car ???WTF, are you local to notts ???

 

[TheRoninV6]

renault nottingham are a bunch of arseholes.

 

[Final Maxim]

nah aint local to notts. ive read so much crap about renault dealers on this forum alone to put me off ever using one for anythin.. ever.

Customer care is piss poor too from what ive read

FM

 

[182_blue]

nice, so were do i get my 182 serviced then ???

 

[Final Maxim]

you should sell it, they got crap twin exit exhausts anyway, with the money you could buy yourself a mint williams instead and have a lot of money left for mods

FM

 

[182_blue]

i dont do old cars im afraid, i like the warranty on new cars, except for the fact that f**king renault dont actually honour there warranty !!!!!!!

 

[benhwolves]

keep the stripes theyre different and look awesome on the racing blue IMO

 

[Daz]

Quote: Originally posted by TheRoninV6 on 03 December 2004

renault nottingham

Do they exist? Where are they?

 

[182_blue]

haydn road sherwood, near the pors che dealer

 

[Neal H]

Well, my Clio is now stripe free.

I was washing it this afternoon and noticed that one of the bonnet stripes was peeling at the edge (quality job, Renault ) so decided that they definitely had to go.

They actually came off pretty easily, I used a hair drier (thanks for the tip) to warm them up and just peeled them off. There was a fair bit of adhesive residue left afterwards, but I found that Auto Glym Intensive Tar Remover and some elbow grease worked a treat! I then just applied a bit of polish over the area and job done!

 

[casiodan]

Just for the record we use white spirit or even gun wash on factory paint to take of any adhesive and normally if we are takin stickers of they have been on years!!!!!

I work at a sign company specialising in commercial vehicles btw


[Edited by casiodan on 04 December 2004 at 7:16pm]

 

[Viv172]

NNNOOO!!!! The stripes go with the racing blue....dont you know the Renault racing history??!! They cost quite a bit too...

 

[dazraffan]

gordini colours they look smart 1960s retro

[Edited by dazraffan on 04 December 2004 at 9:03pm]

 

[dazraffan]

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/gallery/thumb/1102194293__mainimage_race-bredoptions.jpg

 

[jonnyboy]

Good lad for taking the pikey stripes off!

 

[Neal H]

Quote: Originally posted by Viv172 on 04 December 2004
NNNOOO!!!! The stripes go with the racing blue....dont you know the Renault racing history??!! They cost quite a bit too...




Yeah, I know all about the R8 Gordinis of the 60s, but I think they looked a bit OTT on the Clio. Also, I think they would have started to become tatty very quickly, one of my bonnet ones was already starting to peel at the edge!!

 

[dazraffan]

i surpose there like marmite you will love them or hate them each to there own!

 

[Iain C]

keep em on 4 a bit and see if they grow on you....

I think they look cool but then i would!

 

[Bealo]

I had the dealer take them off before i picked the car up.

The car looks much better with them off imo

 

[Andyvalver]

Why would you remove the stripes? They look really gordini good. Makes the car look more unique too.