just curious to know what i should expect to pay when getting my car shaved? (emblems, and that plastic strip down the side of the car)

and possible the handles

 

You should debadge and de-strip yourself, but if you want the door handles shaved, buy my kit I have for sale!

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/parts-66/sale-shaved-handle-popper-kit-144766/

 

Easy as hell to do it yourself. Check the How-to section, theres a few different tutorials

 

start with a hair dryer on the emblems not to over heat enough to soften the adheisive then with a plastic wedge very slowly work at the adheisive (a spreader is ideal) kind you use to spread body filler

 

take the door handle off? then how the hell do you get in the car??? lol

 

posts like this make me wonder if i sounded like this to guys that had been around a little longer when i first joined the site, lol

 

You use a kit that just pops the door open when you press on it. Assuming it's unlocked, of course.
http://www.thehoffmangroup.com/c/sha...evrolet_Cobalt

 

Fishing Line FTW!

 

x2 goo gone also

 

Yea I used that too lol

 

So i just decided to take my bowtie off AGAIN, after reading this thread.

There is a little 1" x 1" square of 3m tape that wont budge.

 

use gas. and then wash and wax immediatly after. its works great

 

yea it easy to do your self! Mine had stripes and I just pulled it off! For debage you need a hair dryer and Goo Gone and something flat and hard to scrape the goo off. (I used a plastic painter's scraper it was like $2 at the local hardware store )

 

Why in gods name would you use a paint scraper?

 

i just did mine, i used a plastic paint scrapper, worked fine,...
what else would you use?

i also used hair dryer, and goo gone,

i went to an autobody store told me how to do it i got off school early and had 10$ in my pocket and thought what could go wrong...

only problem im having is i find that the area i used the goo gone is really fogy and water beads right off it, so i find it hard to wash there, but i did it like 20 mins ago, lol i think ill take the electric buffer to it later..

 

Yea man, just wipe over it with a wet rag, get all that goo gone off there.
Did you pull that vinyl stripe off the side of the cobalt?

 

I had the same problem with that last little bit of glue that didn't want to budge, I used a 1500 grit rubbing compound (3M) and then a little NuFinish Polish after it was gone. Worked like a charm.
The problem with using scrapers or plastic pieces to pull the things off is it tends to pull it off on an angle which digs the corners on the side that is farthest away fron the scraper into the paint, leaving little divits of mising paint.
IMO 40lbs fishing line is the way to go

 

Please do not pay. Get some goo gone, a rag, fishing line and do it yourself. I posted a link to an amazing video in the thread about removing side molding

NOOOOOOOO no plastic wedge, it may have worked for you but it is a terrible idea, it is a good way to scratch the hell out of your car.

Dude... I swear I just slapped my forehead in Duh... I really hope you were kidding

QFT!

NOOOO... one... its a waste of money and gas, two it takes forever to get off of you, and three its terrible for your paint and clear. Use something DESIGNED for taking sticky stuff off of cars.... Like goo gone

NO SCRAPERS!!!

Dear lord... no scraper. Fishing line heat and goo gone. and for the little bits left... the heel of your thumb works perfect you roll the remnants off.

Fishing line .... 1500 rubbing compound

 

or instead of using goo gone u can get this rubber eraser form the body shop supply store...its made to take adhesives off of paint...hoooks right up to you drill