My Dakota used to be owned by the Local Sheriff for running around an hauling things. Now you can look at the side of my truck and see the letter outlines really light.

Is there any tricks/tips that I can do to try to lessen that? Its only visible when it is pretty dirty or freshly clean.

I have thought about a graphic or Vinyl on the side, but that would be a funky spot.

Any thoughts/ suggestions?

 

Try a cleaner wax and a buffer.

 

Use rubbing compound, followed by polishing compound and then wax. It's a time consuming PIA process but it's worth it.

 

they have this thing called an eraser wheel(google it) thats mounted on a cordless drill thats ment for exactly that, body shops use it, im looking for one at the moment aswell just debaged my truck and the adhesive is being a serious pain.. bug n tar remover doesnt want to work for me but apperintly most people dont have any trouble, its still winter hear so im sure the cold has something to do with it, most recomend doing it in the hot sun or usuing a heat gun but im not sure that would really apply to you. hope this helps

 

Those rubber eraser wheels won't take that off. They will just rub his paint allover and make a mess.

A good cleaner wax and elbow grease will take care of the weird ghost outline. Might as well do the whole truck while you're at it. If you want to be sure its gone, wax it then hit it with some annihilator to remove the wax you just put down. (Purple power works in a pinch.)

 

Looks like I will be waitin for the first nice day I have and block out a whole afternoon!!

Thanks

I have never wash-waxed-buffed a vehicle before (grew up on farm no need) so this will be something new to me, all I know is "wax on, wax off"

 

Haha, don't fret. Its not as bad as it sounds. You will work up a good sweat though. Lol

 

Eric is right it will only take off adhesive but a spot from where a vinyl was won't be cured. For those interested though..It's a 'pinstripe' remover tool

http://www.amazon.com/Astro-Pneumati...1359613&sr=8-1

I used it for debadging and took of my 4x4 decals with it I think it works amazing is is worth 3x its price for what it does!

 

Hey canadadak Putting a decent amount of rubbing alcohal on a towel and applying pressure not enough to dent it, over the adhesive then rub like there's no tomorrow. The alcohol won't mess up the paint. I'm in alaska I debadged my tailgate a couple weeks ago I went ahead and took it off and did it inside tho **** the cold