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Old 05-02-2004, 01:25 AM
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Default Best way to get melted tire rubber off car wo hurtin paint??

Well after I took my car down to burner ally got the tires wet spun em and kept em spinning for along time tires were spinning pretty fast got melted rubber all over my car back to the tail light I tried to rinse it off with the hose /w presurized water head but that didn't work.......so I wana do something that will get it all off without hurting my paint......... wish I wouldn't have spun em so much cause my mud flaps are caked with rubber and rocks melted into the rubber hardcore but I cant change that so what can I do to get that off? think scrubing it would work?
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Heat the rubber back up with a blow drier and try to pry it off using some WD-40 and a screwdriver. The crude way but works. Are you ever going to get some pics up of this car, I am stil very interested in what it looks like.
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Originally Posted by Twister97
Heat the rubber back up with a blow drier and try to pry it off using some WD-40 and a screwdriver. The crude way but works. Are you ever going to get some pics up of this car, I am stil very interested in what it looks like.
Well got the pics dont know how much its gona cost me to get em developed and hosted on wal-mart.com but I guess I can take em in tommorrow cause I have like 5 bucks on me now
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have a friend hook you up with a scanner and just scan them in. or get them developed then take a digital photo of the pictures. yea ghetto but it will do
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Originally Posted by Twister97
have a friend hook you up with a scanner and just scan them in. or get them developed then take a digital photo of the pictures. yea ghetto but it will do
I think walmart can host them on the site for 2 bucks but the pics might need to be develpoed dunno how much it will all cost but hopefully not more than 5 bucks I may beable to get 7 bucks dunno tho................no acess to a digital camera and my scanner I dont know how to work it right on my comp
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Instead of WalMart hosting them, pay the extra buck or two during developing to get them put on disc. Then you can load 'em up to CarDomain, VillagePhotos or PhotoBucket for free.

Heck, some of us even have sites that could host a few pics....
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Originally Posted by killer_cr80r
....wish I wouldn't have spun em so much cause my mud flaps are caked with rubber and rocks melted into the rubber hardcore....
I think several of us were just waiting to hear this, after all the burnout questions lately. I'd go with the WD-40 suggestion above... I've also heard of using gasoline, but I've never tried it and obviously there are some toxicity and flammability issues there! Good luck... can't wait to see the pics.
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another day Gas wiuld work or just stop beat your ride laquer thinner too that will but be careful the clear might start to come off
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will this teach you a lesson know for burning rubber?
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Originally Posted by ssesc93
will this teach you a lesson know for burning rubber?
Not if this comes off good its to fun even tho i was sitting there for like 1 min non-stop spedo was reading 40 mph steady then let the e-brake off for a continued 75-85 ft burnout (1 tire) but the road is slick but its not slick once you stay in 1 area it gets rough then


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