defender decals

[mongo]

heya - im lookin at a 97' defender - it has the speed stripe up the side of it.

are these painted on or just vinyl decals?
...would it be a crime to remove them??

thanks,
mongo

[isuzutoo-eh]

vinyl, and a hair dryer or more likely heat gun will assist in their removal :cool:

I prefer the look without stripes but the bloke that bought my Dad's County spent heaps getting stripes put back on!

[Scouse]

Standard decals were just stickers. It's your car, remove them if you wish but be prepared for a slight colour difference as the surrounding paint will have 13 more years of sunlight exposure.

[markyc]

Before:
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/7339/img3035r.jpg (http://img717.imageshack.us/i/img3035r.jpg/)
After:
http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/5346/picture019re.jpg (http://img35.imageshack.us/i/picture019re.jpg/)

A bit of cutting compound and some elbow grease and you'd never know they'd been there:)

[Trout]

I just took my decals off on the weekend. Was not hard and I did not worry about heat. Just used a stanley knife blade to get started at corners and at the odd hard spot and peeled carefully. Cleaned up residual glue with metho. Tried a bit of polish in a few spots and I reckon the new shiny bit will blend in no probs.

[Ranga]

I actually like it better with the decals - without it looks a bit bland IMHO.

Some seller has had new decals advertised on eBay, but I'm certain I'm not interested at $180!

[Jeff]

I had an accident repair last year and the panel beater supplied some, so one side looks new and the other side looks 11 years old.

Jeff

:rocket:

[vnx205]

heya - im lookin at a 97' defender - it has the speed stripe up the side of it.
..... ..... .....
...would it be a crime to remove them??


No, but it won't go as fast.:p

[HUE166]

After some accident repair mine were applied crooked and incomplete!! I also don't need to depart with $180 for new ones. It still goes as it is.

[NCF 110]

I like Decals myself , got this set on ebay UK for less than $60. Took a bit of work getting them on .

Before

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

After

http://www.eyefetch.com/p/2h/1275375-474474df-3844-402e-a889-21b8dba4eb5dl.jpg


Cheers Stewart