Need your advice

[jimmyhoster]

Hello everyone!!

I am currently working on a GTE cabriolet and i am not sure what to do with the boot lid.... the car is white but the boot has a black stripe running through it, do you think i should get it respray white or keep the line?

[BazW]

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i took mine off think it looks cleaner without it

[jimmyhoster]

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Did you respray the whole car or just had the back done

[BazW]

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you dont need to paint it usually, get yourself a heatgun or failing that a hair drier & just warm up the strip & it peels off fairly easy. you'll need some tar & glue remover as well to get the backing glue off the boot

[jimmyhoster]

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Thanks having seen yours i think i will take it off, i make signs so i could always put a new one on!!!

[astrasteve23]

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personally i dont like the 'clean' look, it looks too basic. the black vinyl is a big contribution to the sporty GTE look! looks wrong without it! thought about a spoiler if it doesn't allready have one? or smoked rear lights? unless you want to go for the clean, smooth look. its your car so its up to you but personally i would keep the black!

[astrasteve23]

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Thanks having seen yours i think i will take it off, i make signs so i could always put a new one on!!!

would you be able to get hold of black vinyl the same as the bootlid vinyl then? i need some to do my 'b' and 'c' pillars. ill work out how much if you can get hold of some cheap!

[astrasteve23]

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might be easier to find a bootlid without it on in the same colour off of a basic model cab, might not tho being a cabriolet! might be worth a try tho!

[BazW]

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have a look in the show us yours section first theres quite a few different cars in there to help make yuor mind up

[BazW]

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would you be able to get hold of black vinyl the same as the bootlid vinyl then? i need some to do my 'b' and 'c' pillars. ill work out how much if you can get hold of some cheap!

me too, mine are looking a bit tatty aswell

[jimmyhoster]

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Sure tell me how much you will require, the standard width is 610mm wide by how ever long you need it?

[Steve Heley]

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We've tried hunting down the exact material Vauxhall used with several places, but no luck in matching it perfectly..

[jimmyhoster]

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I will see what i can do, we use a lot different suppliers, i am sure we can find it

[GRAK]

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Not all the GTE cabs. had the black strip on the boot, the only one's that i've ever seen with them on were red and white one's. Mine cab's a blue GTE and that never had one.

[astrasteve23]

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ok ill have a measure up tomorrow