Hi I Am Going To Use Purple Power To Strip My Panels, But Im Wondering If Itll Ruin The Leather Part Of The Passenger Handle, I Plan To Let It Soak For 2-3 Days Because I Will Be Gone, Thanks...

 

You can remove the leather handle from the inside of the door panel.

 

hey liem, i tried that, theres one bolt on that vinyl handle, and then it looks like the rest is all one piece, any help?

 

Are you just trying to remove paint from the panels?

 

yea i heard from many people purple power works, so i tried it, it does loosen up the aint a lot... i just want to dump that whole piece in there for about a day, but i dont want to ruin the handle, hey i remember i pm'd you about repainting the interior a while back, how did yours come out? any suggestions? thanks...

 

My suggestion is to find a local hobby store (one that sells models, RC cars/planes/boats). They will have a product called ELO (Easy Lift Off). Its made to remove paint from plastic surfaces.

All you do is rub some on the painted surface and let it sit over night. Then wash in some warm soapy water with a 3M scrubbing pad.

 

HAHA NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i already bought and used the purple power stuff tho... well thats a good heads up for next time, thanks... anyway, how did your interior come out? what did you do?

 

I would still go get some ELO. That stuff is so easy its not even funny.

Here are some old shots of mine:

http://mahjik.homestead.com/files/FD...s/MVC-006F.JPG
http://mahjik.homestead.com/files/FD...s/MVC-007F.JPG
http://mahjik.homestead.com/files/FD...s/MVC-009F.JPG

Installed pics:

http://mahjik.homestead.com/files/FD...3/MVC-001F.JPG
http://mahjik.homestead.com/files/FD...3/MVC-004F.JPG
http://mahjik.homestead.com/files/FD...3/MVC-008F.JPG

Here's a close up I took to show someone the CEL; but you can see the metal flakes in the paint. Makes it look like it has a rough texture but its not:

http://mahjik.homestead.com/files/FD...t/MVC-002F.JPG
http://mahjik.homestead.com/files/FD...t/MVC-003F.JPG

 

man that looks nice! what kind of paint did you use? im goingto use plastidip... but yea i plan on completely stripping it on saturday, how much is ELO? lol, man am i going to have a hard time, you know the ac panel? i took that COMPLETELY apart when i painted it, did you?

 

ELO is about $10:

http://www.testors.com/catalog_item.asp?itemNbr=438

Yes, the A/C panel was taken apart. The dial covers were removed and then glued back when I was done painting.

Here's the info on the paint used:

https://www.rx7club.com/showpost.php...39&postcount=4

 

BTW, here are some shots getting started:

http://mahjik.homestead.com/files/FD...s/MVC-001F.JPG
http://mahjik.homestead.com/files/FD...s/MVC-002F.JPG

 

hey mahjik, your panels look really nice though, oh and i just masked the dials, but anyway, today is the start of the looong process, i will probably buy some ELO if it comes to the worst, but i already have my stuff sitting in purple power for almost 2 1/2 days, lol... what do you think?

 

Hi, sorry to hijack but will this ELO stuff remove any type of paint. The dumbass i bought the car from painted the pass interior door handle and it looks hella ugly. painted over the leather grip area too. I need to find a way to strip the paint off but i'm guessing whatever i do the black plastic will look faded when i am done. any ideas? thanks.

 

I would have pull the pieces out days ago and used some ELO.

ELO is made to remove paint from plastic. For that, it does an impressive job. The plastic will not look great after the paint has been removed so you'll need to retreat the panels. Whether that's with some plastic dip or another paint job is up to you.