HELP! Best product to remove pinstripes!

[VX KAT]

I've researched many threads on products, but not sure what's best for removing some Arizona pinstrips on
both the paint & cladding. Dang, my first off-road trip and we got pinstriped up the wazoo!
Hubby's FJ got it worse, he's wider!

I've seen these mentioned:
claybars - but I think that's for surface impurities /grime (?)
ICE clay bar liquid
Moncha used Zaino Z-5
Workmesiter used Griot's Machine Polish #2 (and also has the Foxfire color like me)

Moncha said the Z-5 can be used for LIGHT scratches....Mine may be a touch deeper...what do you guys recommend for these?

[Triathlete]

The easy way....take it to the detail shop and have them buff them out. Or if you know someone in the know...they could help you do it. It is a tedious job and you have to be carefull not to go through the clear coat. I did mine with the help of Bob (VXCaver) who used to do paint and body work in the past. That was to prep it for a car show. Hasn't been done since...I wear the stripes like badges now. As far as the cladding if the scratches are deep there is only one option...line-x.

[pbkid]

The easy way....take it to the detail shop and have them buff them out. Or if you know someone in the know...they could help you do it. It is a tedious job and you have to be carefull not to go through the clear coat. I did mine with the help of Bob (VXCaver) who used to do paint and body work in the past. That was to prep it for a car show. Hasn't been done since...I wear the stripes like badges now. As far as the cladding if the scratches are deep there is only one option...line-x.

there ya go!!! likewise..

[nfpgasmask]

LOL, you should see my VX. If you plan to wheel with it, you might as well get used to it. All my cladding scratches seem to disappear when I wash and use Trim Shine, but my paint job is tore up, bigtime.

A good detailer should be able to buff out the paint, and the cladding will look good with a good washing and a coat of Trim Shine.

Bart

[Ldub]

I'm with Billy & the Kid...

Trail "badges" & "pinstriping" are worn as a point of offroad honor...

It tells everyone who bothers to look, this ain't no mall crawler...

Suzy may wear straight sheetmetal someday in the future, but I doubt she'll ever take home any beauty prizes.

[VX KAT]

Yeah, I know I should look at them as a badge of honor...but, dang, the 1st time out! I've only had it a month! We'd never encountered this robust, thorny bush before, I think it might be a Manzanita bush.....trail had lots of growth in center, as well as the bushy sides so we knew it hadn't been traveled in a long time....got almost to the end of an 8 mile loop and found it blocked by a homeowner. :madp: Had plowed tons of dirt across trail, like 4 ft high, and put up a gate, just a gate....not attached to anything! No way to go around....Had to turn around and do it all again....pinstripes round 2!

[pbkid]

deeper ones so you dont notice the others???? thats a lot of people's theory...