Help Me Solve a Problem : Rear "Splitter" Removal...

[Snails]

Right, basically the previous owner of my car added a rear splitter thing to the bottom of the bumper of my car. Now, it is attacted with screws and something else and i need you help working out what that something is...

I want to take this thing off, but i don't want to be pulling paint off either..

See the pictures below..

One side has stsrted to come away revealing this:

It spongey, almost like window sealant.
It continues around the bumper, if you can see the white line..

And this is what it look like on the car...

Cheers guys! I appreciate any help.

 

[Kerryclio]

IMO I would pull it off then see what your left with

 

[Chrisjk]

It's probably something like tiger seal, try heating it, will help to pull it off, however that bottom area may need a respray as the sealant probably has to be sanded off.

 

[Snails]

Hmm. don't know what to do now. I can't afford to have a bumper resprayed atm.

After reading a bit more tiger seal sounds like a right pain in the arse to remove..

 

[Kerryclio]

Just heat it up and pull it off, I had sticky glue stuff on a wing from a mate spent ages washing it with warm water and picked it all off now it looks fine no need to respray

 

[Snails]

Will a hair dryer do?

 

[Kerryclio]

Yeah should be fine

 

[Dave..]

I recognise that unfortunately

about halfway down here http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=354330 should explain.

Basically you need to sit there with a hairdryer to heat up the plastic, bend the plastic away from the body work, and cut away the adhesive with a very sharp stanley knife. It takes time and patience.


Oh... and you will need to respray it.

 

[Chapppers11]

If you want to make sure its tiger seal ask the person you bought the car from.

 

[domjolly]

why would they put that on the car in anycase!!! did it have a full body kit on it or just that?

 

[Snails]

why would they put that on the car in anycase!!! did it have a full body kit on it or just that?

Just that, I didn't understand it either, but thought, foolishly that it would just 'come off'


I might ask the guy what it is stuck on with or for the details of the person who fitted it, it will be somewhere very local as he only lives 5 mins from my house.

@Dave88 - Cheers matey, i'll have a good read of that