I just removed the black tape surrounding my door windows and it looks AWESOME!!! The tape covers the color of your car, I guess to matchh the window edges, but my thundercloud xb looks awesome with it off. I noticed that when i opened my door, the corners of the door did show a sign of it being tape, and my suspision was rectified at Cerritos this weekend. I can't get over it, I knew my xb needed some more color to it, and that was a perfect touch.

If any of you guys decide to do this, I reccomend a blow drier and some goo-gone to remove the sticky stuff after you peel all the tape off. I think everyone should take it off!! Why did they even put it on?


EDDY - IceBox

 

a lot of the SEMA scions had the tape removed....looks nice on the darker cars...but I wouldnt do it to a white one.

 

i wished mine came with some!
i have a black xb and they figured since
the car is black, they did WITHOUT the black sticker.
where can i get mine put on?

 

ha ha.....joey

 

I did my black cherry xb yesterday and it looks great.

Ad-roc

 

hey ICe,

how long did it take you to peel them off?

did u blow dry the tape first or heat it as u peeled them off?
i'm planning on doing that this weekend...just trying to figure how long it will take?

no other special tool required besides a blow dryer? i already have bug and tar..which works great on gooey stuff.

 

pics?

 

im serious can i go back and complain?
i SERIOUSLY want them, it bugs me that
mine are painted. i dont want it painted.

 

get some trim tape, or some carbon fiber tape from the auto parts store and DIY.

 

So whom of you is going to show us a photo with the tape off.

 

Use your imagination...just look at your windows and that black kind of matted trim aroudn them.

No imagine if they were painted the same color as your car.

 

I definitely would like to see a pic of this.

 

why would want to do this? I just looked at mine and it seems that they (Toyota) wanted the outside door pillars to match the panel that shows thru inbetween the pillars. Unless you can post a pic with them removed, i would think that they look funny with a break in the flat black pillars with a streak of body color.

 

I am unable to visualize this. Can you PLEEZ post some pics. I will ask the same ? BlueBox asked, how did ya do it and how long did it take?

 

It took a good bit of time (2hrs). I am at work and dont have a digi or I would post. I will see what i can show tomorrow in the light. If someone else can post what they have too, that would roc. It looks different.

Ad-roc

 

I am still taking mine off so I will post a pic tonight when I get home. It is very time consuming and you MUST have patience or you will mess up the paint.

 

it doesn't peel like sticker?

i saw a blue xB with the tape removed...it looked pretty clean...although the rear window window guide (which is not taped, just black rubber-type) sort of off sets the nice body color of the door frame. but overall..it looked pretty clean.


i'm strongly consider doing it. it adds abit more sparkle to ur bling bling ride..haha.

 

we need to see the pics

 

i was trying to imagine that ....
it would definitely look good on dark color xb...
i think toyota did that for a reason, so when u look from the side, the pillar match tinted windows....u kno all black...

 

Here's a pic of mine. It took me about an hour too. I had to scrub on it for a while with goo-gone though to get the stickyness off, but its worth it.


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