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12-04-2014, 11:46 AM
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 Drives: no camaro Join Date: May 2014
Location: PA
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are factory hood stripes removable?
Title says it all, ive been looking for a used ss and about 2/3rds of them have factory applied hood stripes and i dont like them
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12-04-2014, 11:50 AM
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Drives: 2014 Camaro SS Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Waco, TX
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Not if they're painted on hood stripes like the one on my 2010.
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12-04-2014, 11:59 AM
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Drives: no camaro Join Date: May 2014
Location: PA
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Crap...i thought they were decals. I just like the clean look. I really want a summit white, but i havnt seen one yet that hasnt had stripes on the hood
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12-04-2014, 12:28 PM
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 Drives: 2010 SS - CGM Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota
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Depends
Most (all?) factory stripes are just decals. Some owners (like Dfault) have had them painted on.
Just look closely at the car in person, you'll be able to tell pretty easily if they're decals. |
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12-04-2014, 01:11 PM
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If they are decals do they come off without damaging the paint?
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12-04-2014, 01:22 PM
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  Drives: 2010 CGM Camaro 2SS/LS3 Join Date: Oct 2013
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Yes the factory stripes come off very easily if you let it sit in the sun during summer. They should peel off almost without with residue.
The downside is you might wind up with the ghosting depending on how long they've been on there. I also had to remove the spoiler on mine to get them completely off. Which is when I discovered the spoiler has rubbed paint down to primer on the ends. The stripes on mine has been on pretty much for 5 years.
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12-04-2014, 01:24 PM
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If they are factory stripes they are removable vinyl.
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12-04-2014, 02:24 PM
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Drives: 2011 Inferno Orange Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Yes you can remove them, if its a newer car go for it, if its a 2010 or 11 I wouldn't
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12-04-2014, 03:34 PM
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Drives: ABM SS2/RS M6 Join Date: Apr 2011
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Last I knew, everything on the camaro is removable.
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12-04-2014, 05:58 PM
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Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS/RS LS3 Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Kernersville, NC
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yes just use steel wool and they come right off!
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12-04-2014, 06:43 PM
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It's gonna leave a mark. :-0
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12-04-2014, 08:04 PM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: San Jose, California
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I wouldn't worry about fading or shadowing. My 2011 Camaro had the factory stripes from when it was built in late 2010. The dealership I bought my car from removed the stripes a month before I bought the car in December 2013. Someone else was interested in the car and didn't want the stripes. The removed them, then the person couldn't secure financing and couldn't buy the car. I bought it a month later and had factory striped reinstalled. While the car didn't have stripes, there was now indication that it ever had them.
Heck, we removed the body side molding on my fathers 2001 Silverado last year. You can tell it ever had them.
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12-04-2014, 10:16 PM
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12-04-2014, 10:27 PM
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