My exterior trim on my white villa is a gold strip and on my bright white car it stands out.

Is there a good way to remove the trim without leaving a "tan line" is starting to flake off

or just the old peel and soap water removal

probably not.

If moldings / stickers / trim have been on for quite some time - they paint underneath will not be exposed to the same elements as the rest of the paint.

It may not be horrible - but if you look - you will notice it.

hope that helps

by "exterior trim" are you talking about the pinstripe, or part of the body cladding?

if it is the pinstripe, they can be removed pretty easily. I found something like this at my local auto parts store http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/p...ripe%2Cremoval

it works better then any other method I tried, much much faster and worth the money. my car is red, and my parts car is red also, but had some gold pinstriping on it. after I removed the stripes, there is still a little bit of a line there, but usually a good polish or maybe even a clay bar would remove the lines.

that eraser is the way to go for pinstripe removal, I tried the hair dryer trick..... very very long time for little progress. with the eraser on my drill, I did both front fenders and the back passenger door in about 30 - 45 minutes, if that

hope this helps

I checked his car in another thread. He is talking about the molding stripe.
not pin stripe.

you could always paint over it.