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ChefJefftC · 12-24-2010, 06:53 PM

Hi evryone,

I am new to the forum and just bought my tC2G less than a month ago.

I have a few things planned for it, most of which are simple for now as I blew most of my money on the car and need some time to recover...

...but anyway, I wanted to hear from anyone who has removed the black A-Pillar tape on their tC, I wanted to make sure that it is already painted to match the car underneath it and then what the best way to remove it would be since I obviously do not want to mar up the paint on my brand new car

I am hoping that as long as I can cleanly get it started it will just kinda peel off, but I also doubt that it will be that easy since nothing ever is, so just a quick heads up from anybody who may have done this already would be much appreciated.

Thanks

pyroman131 · 12-25-2010, 02:19 AM

The tape on your a-pillar is vinyl, and it is painted underneath.

I have an xB2, and to remove mine, I relied heavily on the Jacksonville, FL sunshine. Also, I used a hairdryer and heated up areas that I was working on and slowly peeled it away. Then I used isopropyl alcohol and 3M adhesive remover (the kind that comes in a pen) to remove any residual adhesive.

Here's the only picture I have of the front of my xB (on the right). Just imagine the a-pillars blacked out like yours are currently:

Honestly, I regret that I peeled them now because of the theme that I'm going toward on my xB. But your tC will look great with that vinyl peeled away.

Good luck. It is a PITA to remove the vinyl, but it looks great removed.

Superpickel · 12-25-2010, 10:57 PM

Just take your time. Removing it too fast will cause it to split and once it splits next to the wind shield, its a big pain. Remember to regrab after you get a substantial amount pulled and don't pull outward, but down in the direction you are peeling from.

ChefJefftC · 12-26-2010, 12:41 AM

Thank you for the advise guys...this is going to be a quick project of mine along with my sub here in the next few days...

...My tC is Nauticle Blue so I dont know how much of a difference this is going to make to most people looking at the car...but i simply can not stand them and they have to come off.

tyap · 12-26-2010, 01:46 AM

Post some pics up please when you do this.
I'm curious to see how tC2 looks like without that blackout.
One of the reasons I chose black color was because I didn't like that blackout (blackout can't blackout the black car :p).
I didn't know that blackout can be removed.

ChefJefftC · 12-26-2010, 03:48 AM

I am out of town for the holidays so it is going to be a couple days at least till I can get it done, but in the mean time if you want to check this out...

http://www.scionlife.com/forums/show...=194249&page=2

WellesleyScion has some great before and after pics of everything he is doing to his machine and the white makes the a-pillar mod all the more noticeable.

tyap · 12-26-2010, 06:02 AM

Oh wow, this is nice.
Looks definitely better with the blackout removed.
And, thanks for the link

Superpickel · 12-26-2010, 03:47 PM

We did it to my wife's 11 xB and it looked 10x better. We spent a good amount of time removing the tape and both came out of the deal with sore fingers. So when I got my black tC2, I was relieved that I didn't have to go through that agony again.