i had one of the oem acura wind deflectors on the sun roof (gen2 LS) and i decided to take it off cuz it made the curve of the car look weird..

and it left me with this:



the big spot's are where the paint has rubbed off.. and the brown lines are from the people who owned it be4 me, not takin good care of it, so its 13yrs of dirt.. how do i take that "stain" off and what would i do to put paint back on that area w/o a paint job?

TIA..

 

go to a local shop and buy "solvent" and make sure you mix very little solvent w/ water to dillute it. that mixture should remove your stain w/ out hurting the paint to much.

as far as the paint chip, find some touch up paint at the same shop and a fine brush. then get to work..

 

use some simple green, if that doesnt work use a claybar until it all comes off. Dont mess with solvents that could lead to bad things.

 

i got a similar mark from a previous owner having a bike rack there. sux is mine is down to tha primer

 

buy a bottle of simple green and do not dillute it at all... then get to scrubing

 

Besides the Simple Green you can probably use some rubbing compound to take that off.

 

I'd stay away from the solvent. Go for the rubbing compound. As for your missing paint touch up.
Definitely hit up your local automotive paint supplier, they generally have great suggestions on what you can use and have all the supplies you need.

 

rubbing compound

 

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Definitely hit up your local automotive paint supplier, they generally have great suggestions on what you can use and have all the supplies you need.</TD></TR></TABLE>

rubbing compound will dull the paint its like sand paper.

try to get some goo gone and bug and tar remover.

castrol superclean will also help.

 

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I agree, or wut the other guys said use claybar.. and for the peeled paint go to acura dealer and buy a touch up paint its only like $7...

 

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I agree, or wut the other guys said use claybar.. and for the peeled paint go to acura dealer and buy a touch up paint its only like $7... </TD></TR></TABLE>

i think i'll try the claybar and the acura touch up paint.. only because you guys dont sound too sure about the whole rubbing compound thing.

unless someone can give me a for sure answer on this..

thanx alot guys!!