Removing the vinyl wrap around the windscreen

[Sumilidon]

Hi all.

my 1997 Z3 has a black vinyl wrap around the windscreen. Problem is, it’s brittle, cracking and peeling. I can see another post from a long time ago where people said to use heat to remove, but was wondering if anyone her has done it and anything to be careful of. Eg, it goes under the rubber so I’m. It sure how far. Will I need to lift the windscreen rubber and scalpel it?

I am assuming otherwise it’s just an elbow grease, heat and isopropronol job?

 

[Althulas]

Just use a heat gun gently or a hair dryer. I used some of this product https://www.halfords.com/motoring/c...g/de-solv-it-sticky-stuff-remover-908285.html to tackle some resin type substance that had set on my wife’s 1 series a few soak applications lifted it off so you could try this cheap stuff before applying some heat to see if it will help.

 

[Sumilidon]

Just use a heat gun gently or a hair dryer. I used some of this product https://www.halfords.com/motoring/c...g/de-solv-it-sticky-stuff-remover-908285.html to tackle some resin type substance that had set on my wife’s 1 series a few soak applications lifted it off so you could try this cheap stuff before applying some heat to see if it will help.

So no issue removing it directly? Eg, no need to cut under the rubber seal?

 

[ExMX5owner]

Or a caramel wheel.... I use em on boats and cars. just be careful around the trim..
great if the decal or wrap has brittled.

 

[Ianmc]

I removed from my car a few years ago now. Was fairly easy to do; didn't need heat just a little white spirit and soft plastic scrapper to remove glue residue. No problem with rubber seal. Frame was body colour underneath so a little polish finished it off. Well worth doing.

 

[Sumilidon]

Quick update:

I managed to remove the vinyl and lessons were learnt from the first side. In short, you can unpeel it and it does go under the rubber seals but it's not locked in place. As such, pull up an initial piece a tweeze it out from under both seals so that you can then, very slowly and using a hairdryer, peel it away in one big long piece. Do the same for both sides and the top, and you'll end up with 3 pieces of wrap removed.

It does leave a film of adhesive however and it's very resistant. The usual adhesive remover proved ineffective at start but eventually wore it down. Ultimately, my removed most with my thumb as my skin was more useful than the microfibre cloth. In hindsight, a shammy cloth would have worked brilliant.

The paint underneath is spotless but I'll like be getting it re-wrapped black (satin).