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Stripping R33 Dashboard Facia

G0DZLR

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basically, im after any ideas on how to strip my panels to the bare plastic. as some of you may notice, there is a thin rubber-like coating over the dash and door trims

the two reasons i want to strip it are:

A. it looks crap

B. its scratched and half coming off in various places

i COULD go at it with my fingernails for the next year and eventually have it off...but im looking for a quicker solution lol :(. i know some of you have painted your facias, so naturally that would have involved stripping it right back and sanding etc...what did you use? how long did it take you? furthur down the track i might end up painting it black too.

any help is much appreciated,

cheers.

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you need to bath it in turps/thinners and i mean bath it! you will need litres of the stuff and drown the gear. then you need to rub it off and it will come off heaps easy. then you need to use wet and dry and sand the whole thing back perfect and the you can start with priming, more wet and dry and then paint!

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