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Old 03-14-2016, 07:53 PM   #1
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Are you feeling lucky?

If it's the factory-original finish with the linear polyurethane 2-part clear coat, it should be extremely resistant to pretty strong solvents, even including acetone, such as lacquer thinner or non-chlorinated brake parts cleaner.

Using anything with acetone would take the old crusty adhesive off in a hurry.

If you have a cheap respray, however, you'll quickly damage your finish and have color transfer onto the towel you within seconds of applying an acetone-laden solvent. This would be very bad. A milder solvents either won't work at all, will require extended dwell time, and/or mechanical agitation (which is another issue if there is dirt in the old adhesive, as it can get scoured into the paint and cause many scratches). There are a few different products out there often recommended for things like removing tar from paint, which could work ok.

Hope that helps, and best of luck.
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Old 03-15-2016, 02:36 AM   #2
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Be careful on what you use. I tried some of the products listed here and I damaged the clear coat. Took it to a Body shop and had it buffed out.
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