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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 03:43 AM
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I have large amounts of burnt rubber on my inner fender wells and along the bottom of the car from when I burnt thru a set of tires before my trans rebuild. Any tricks of getting this crap off?
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 08:26 AM
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screwdriver and TONS of work

i ended up getting new inner fender wells since mine were so bad
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 08:28 AM
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I would just leave it on

But thats me


I would get a plastic puddy knife and try that. :?
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 08:29 AM
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If you were Paul, they would be waxed and you would wipe it off with detailer.
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by sonoma_zr2
If you were Paul, they would be waxed and you would wipe it off with detailer.
It'* working for him though.

Look at it two ways..inside the wheel well..I'd leave it..as protection from rocks etc. On the lip of the fender..I'd try bug and tar remover and not hurt the paint.
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 09:30 AM
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Putty knife or plastic razor blades. And try soaking them first with Simple Green or some kind of cleaner.
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 08:41 PM
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2 WORDS GOO-GONE.
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 09:56 PM
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If you were Paul, they would be waxed and you would wipe it off with detailer.
It'* working for him though.

Look at it two ways..inside the wheel well..I'd leave it..as protection from rocks etc. On the lip of the fender..I'd try bug and tar remover and not hurt the paint.
I wasn't dissing him
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Old Jul 21, 2007 | 11:58 PM
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Is claybaring a possibility for the paint?
And yeah, for the wheelwells just think of it as "free" undercoating
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Old Jul 22, 2007 | 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by dillcc
Is claybaring a possibility for the paint?
And yeah, for the wheelwells just think of it as "free" undercoating
I wouldn't. I had some on the very lower section of my paint and after I claybarred the rest of the car I tried a bit on those sections. The debris is so large that you will likely scratch the paint after just a couple passes. Unless you have unlimited amounts of clay to constantly switch to, I'd stick with another method.
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