Debadgged Yukon

[nastety92]

I spend the weekend cleaning and debagging my wifes 06 Yukon. The truck is all stock for now. I will be having the front windows tinted then hopefully some stock GMC 20's by next year.

Here is before.



And after.



It was a lot of work to get the 10 year old tape off the truck but after 6-8 hours I finally won.

Nick

 

[sbubbaklein]

nice work

 

[RAWVORTEC]

I spend the weekend cleaning and debagging my wifes 06 Yukon. The truck is all stock for now. I will be having the front windows tinted then hopefully some stock GMC 20's by next year.

Here is before.



And after.



It was a lot of work to get the 10 year old tape off the truck but after 6-8 hours I finally won.

Nick

Nick,

Can you explain the process and what tools you used? I looked up a heat guna nd only found one for over $200. Are there cheaper ones that still work great?

 

[nastety92]

Nick,

Can you explain the process and what tools you used? I looked up a heat guna nd only found one for over $200. Are there cheaper ones that still work great?

Heat guns are pretty inexpensive. They can be bought for $20-30 pretty easily. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Wagner-HT1000-1200-Watt-Heat-Gun-0503008/100048744

I heated up the molding, emblems and badges then started to pry them off with a plastic tool that looks like a large butter knife and I also used another plastic took that you would use to smoothing out a new sticker, so it looks mostly like a plastic credit card. The more you take your time heating up the moldings and pulling them off slowly the more of the two sided tape comes off with it. I was pretty impatient and mostly ripped the moldings off once they were started. Maybe if I used more heat it would of left less behind.

So once the moldings and emblems were off I used straight gas on a rag and rubbed it on the left over two sided tape and scrapped it with the plastic credit card. Then repeat and repeat. It took a long time on the doors. I think the first one took me like two hours plus. Then the other doors I got done in like 30 minutes each.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Nick

 

[RAWVORTEC]

Heat guns are pretty inexpensive. They can be bought for $20-30 pretty easily. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Wagner-HT1000-1200-Watt-Heat-Gun-0503008/100048744

I heated up the molding, emblems and badges then started to pry them off with a plastic tool that looks like a large butter knife and I also used another plastic took that you would use to smoothing out a new sticker, so it looks mostly like a plastic credit card. The more you take your time heating up the moldings and pulling them off slowly the more of the two sided tape comes off with it. I was pretty impatient and mostly ripped the moldings off once they were started. Maybe if I used more heat it would of left less behind.

So once the moldings and emblems were off I used straight gas on a rag and rubbed it on the left over two sided tape and scrapped it with the plastic credit card. Then repeat and repeat. It took a long time on the doors. I think the first one took me like two hours plus. Then the other doors I got done in like 30 minutes each.

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Nick

So you didn't notice any color difference? I've got an '03 that white. So hopefully it'll be the same.

 

[nastety92]

No I did not notice any color difference. My truck is also in pretty good shape overall. It looks like it spend most of its life in a garage.

 

[Fosscore]

That looks clean without the moldings. Nice work. Can also use some fishing line and some guys use the 3M eraser wheel as well to make life a little quicker and simpler.

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/3m-adhesive-eraser-wheel-3612/10070229-P

Definitely worth the effort.

 

[nastety92]

That looks clean without the moldings. Nice work. Can also use some fishing line and some guys use the 3M eraser wheel as well to make life a little quicker and simpler.

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/3m-adhesive-eraser-wheel-3612/10070229-P

Definitely worth the effort.

I used one of these in the past as well. They do work well you just need to go real slow RPM wise on the drill your working with. If you go to fast they will leave marks in the paint that are hard to get out.

 

[TheAutumnWind]

Nick,

Can you explain the process and what tools you used? I looked up a heat guna nd only found one for over $200. Are there cheaper ones that still work great?

Borrow your wife's hairdryer.

 

[4WDTRK]

Looks WAY better!