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Old Nov 27, 2008 | 04:06 AM
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doesn't all of them have those black tape
Old Jan 26, 2009 | 04:25 AM
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Originally Posted by rswscion08
Blackberry all tape removed!
what are those chrome trim thing doing on your doors? Especially when they arent even long enough.
Old Mar 10, 2009 | 11:56 PM
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hmmmm i might do the a pillar....
Old Mar 12, 2009 | 01:44 AM
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I just pulled the tape from my A pillar and after looking at it I don't know why they ever would have put it there in the first place. Looks soo much better with out it. Oh yeah, anyone thinking about doing this DEFINATELY let your car sit in the sun awhile to losen things up a bit. Though I could get away with it in the shade since it was a nice hot 82° out today. First side in the sun came off no problem. The shaded side.... well, my fingers are still sore from pulling tape lol.
Old Mar 18, 2009 | 05:56 AM
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lets see a GRM with only a-pillar removed! if not you'll see it next week anyhow...lol
Old Mar 24, 2009 | 01:12 PM
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Finally got her done last week!
Old Apr 7, 2009 | 04:56 PM
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So on saturday i was sittin around bored and decided it was time for the a-pillar tape to go. the whole process took almost an hour for both sides. my only problem is on the window side of the pillar, there are little scraps of vinyl that didnt come off, and they are really hard to get out now. any suggestions of how to get the little scraps out?
Old Apr 8, 2009 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Mooneyzs
Looks better with out the tape around the window!!
except in SW.
good stuff though OP
Old Apr 8, 2009 | 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by brettalesi
So on saturday i was sittin around bored and decided it was time for the a-pillar tape to go. the whole process took almost an hour for both sides. my only problem is on the window side of the pillar, there are little scraps of vinyl that didnt come off, and they are really hard to get out now. any suggestions of how to get the little scraps out?
had the same problem but i used a tweezers to get those little pieces out since my fingers dont fit in there...but be careful to not scratch your car with the tweezers
Old Apr 22, 2009 | 03:35 AM
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Ok, Ok, I'm tired of seeing every other color with the a-pillar tape removed, I need to see one, just one BSP that has done it. Post it up jigga
Old Apr 23, 2009 | 04:47 AM
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Still a noob here... is peeling the tape bad in anyway for the car (during rain, etc), why is it there if it comes off almost eaily?
Old Apr 23, 2009 | 04:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Mdiesel64
Still a noob here... is peeling the tape bad in anyway for the car (during rain, etc), why is it there if it comes off almost eaily?
Aesthetics.
Old May 26, 2009 | 05:38 AM
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I'd love to see what a silver box would look like with all the tape peeled. I'm really thinking about peeling just the A pillar (and there's a pic of it on p3 in this topic I believe), but I would love to see another silver box out there with it all peeled. I think the white box looks pretty awesome peeled.
Old Jun 20, 2009 | 03:30 PM
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I would like to see a RS6.0 with the A-Pillar tape removed. Anyone with a picture????

Originally Posted by pyroman131
I'd love to see what a silver box would look like with all the tape peeled. I'm really thinking about peeling just the A pillar (and there's a pic of it on p3 in this topic I believe), but I would love to see another silver box out there with it all peeled. I think the white box looks pretty awesome peeled.
Old Jun 20, 2009 | 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by XBinRochester
I would like to see a RS6.0 with the A-Pillar tape removed. Anyone with a picture????
From another thread:

Originally Posted by toaster_4u
Old Jun 21, 2009 | 01:29 AM
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Originally Posted by pyroman131
I'd love to see what a silver box would look like with all the tape peeled. I'm really thinking about peeling just the A pillar (and there's a pic of it on p3 in this topic I believe), but I would love to see another silver box out there with it all peeled. I think the white box looks pretty awesome peeled.
To each their own, I guess -- not a chance I'd peel my SW.

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Old Jun 22, 2009 | 01:07 AM
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Man, dunno how I missed this thread after I bought my car in March. I always wondered what the point of the tape/vinyl was, now I have even noticed it on my Sonata doors.

I decided to keep the door trim tape because I think its protective use if very important. The A pillar on the other hand has always been ugly to me. Likin it much better!



Old Jun 28, 2009 | 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by TrevorS
Originally Posted by pyroman131
I'd love to see what a silver box would look like with all the tape peeled. I'm really thinking about peeling just the A pillar (and there's a pic of it on p3 in this topic I believe), but I would love to see another silver box out there with it all peeled. I think the white box looks pretty awesome peeled.
To each their own, I guess -- not a chance I'd peel my SW.

God, that's such a dramatic xB2 picture.

Originally Posted by elwaylite
Man, dunno how I missed this thread after I bought my car in March. I always wondered what the point of the tape/vinyl was, now I have even noticed it on my Sonata doors.

I decided to keep the door trim tape because I think its protective use if very important. The A pillar on the other hand has always been ugly to me. Likin it much better!
I think your box would look good with all of it peeled. It seems the darker boxes look better peeled and the lighter boxes with just the A pillar; however, I fancy the SW box completely peeled. It's very attractive to me.

Oh, but as a quick addendum if you have bat's bumper overlay on your box, you might want to keep some of that tape on there as it goes great together in my opinion.
Old Jul 3, 2009 | 02:06 AM
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I just peeled my classic silver xB2 A pillars today, and it came out ten times better looking then i would have ever expected!!! I couldnt be happier with how it came out
Old Jul 3, 2009 | 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 2AZFEMTM1F7
I just peeled my classic silver xB2 A pillars today, and it came out ten times better looking then i would have ever expected!!! I couldnt be happier with how it came out
You'd laugh at my silver box. I peeled one and left the other one on because I'm too lazy to get around to doing it. My driver side is taped up and the passenger a-pillar is not.



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