Removing a body kit

1. iSlayeR Established Member Joined: Aug 2009 King's lynn Posts: 2073 Turbocharged vtr

   #1 18th August 2010, 15:41

   anyone ever removed a body kit or got any tips on how to, it's been professionally moulded in with tigerseal and fibreglass.
   
   would my best bet be using a hot air gun on the tigerseal and then pulling, i don't care about the kit, just don't want to risk damaging the rest of the car.
2. deans2k8 Established Member Joined: Sep 2008 gainsborough Posts: 2337 Vectra 2.0t

   #2 18th August 2010, 15:43

   if its been smoothed over with fibreglass your going to have a very hard time removing it without damaging the paintwork well thats even if you could get it off without damage but i dont think you could
3. user_36198 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2009 ilkeston derbyshire Posts: 9823 C2 VTR stripped, 406hdi, clio 172

   #3 18th August 2010, 15:43

   detcord is pretty good at shifting anything held on with tigerseal
4. iSlayeR Established Member Joined: Aug 2009 King's lynn Posts: 2073 Turbocharged vtr

   #4 18th August 2010, 15:45

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by deans2k8 if its been smoothed over with fibreglass your going to have a very hard time removing it without damaging the paintwork well thats even if you could get it off without damage but i dont think you could

   whole cars being sanded/resprayed, so don't really care about the paintwork, just don't want to dent it etc.
5. Quick Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2003 United Kingdom (England) Posts: 7064

   #5 18th August 2010, 15:56

   Cut it off!
6. user_42401 Established Member Joined: Mar 2010 Cupar Fife Posts: 1712 1600 16v VTS 1600 8v VTR 1400 16v Clio Sport

   #6 18th August 2010, 17:16

   when i took a kit off my 1.1 it was siliconed on by myself, i thought the silicone wouldnt be that great but it took me a good few hours to get it off,
   
   the way i did it is hold back the panels and cut the sealent with a sharp stanley