Shadow Lines On The Estate:~
 

1988 Volvo 240 estate:~

I'm looking for some advice regarding the shadow lines on this car.
The original are beginning to blister so will need replacing at some stage- looked at previous correspondence on this and at one stage the lines had been available... at a price.

What is the best way to remove these? (thinking about painting them rather than a transfer application)
Any ideas/recommendations please.

Thanks Bob.

What are shadow lines please?

Hi,

A toffee wheel will remove them, wait for a sunny day and park the car so the trim is in the sun.

Dave Barton has replacement vinyl trim kits for $87 dollars delivered to the U.K., I expect having the trims painted will cost significantly more than that.

https://www.prancingmoose.com/doorvinyl.html

Cheers

I may be completely off the mark, but I took it as referring to some older models that have a black 'shadow' strip on the top edge of the doors beneath the side windows.

I think it probably mainly relates to 80's motors where the trend at the time was to pay extra for blacked out trim, rather than the 'old fashioned' chrome trims from earlier decades.

I'm afraid I have no idea how they were done from factory though.

Cheers
Steve

PS - Bugjam beat me to it, I had never heard of a toffee wheel, till now, so many thanks.

Thanks for the prompt reply:~
Steve the shadow lines are the black details just below the windows- picture will explain as included in the post by Bugjam1999.

Painting isn't a real problem as I can do this myself: the other option is also useful (Dave Barton) so will take a closer look at these... Has anyone used this item?
(I just wonder if shrinkage is an issue)

Thanks again regards Bob.

I had these on my '83 245 GLT, Bob. I think the idea was to make the cars look 'slimmer'. I wasn't keen on them anyway, and at around the 12 year mark they had started to look quite 'tatty', shrinking and peeling at the ends.

I had some success in removing them using my wife's hairdryer on it's lowest setting. I didn't say anything initially, as I wouldn't care to recommend using that method on a car that you really care about, but as it squares with 'Bugjam 1999's advice about waiting for a warm day, it may be worth considering. I'm not sure what a 'toffee wheel' is though; maybe someone can enlighten me? :regular_smile:

Regards, John.

Like others, I had never heard of a 'Toffee Wheel'. Google as ever is your best friend. Every day is a school day :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGPMP2dQUAI

Beginning to sound like a sweet shop! the above link should explain- not used one but seems to be a recognised method.
Thanks for your replies.
Bob.

Could you not just buy some good 3M vinyl car wrap material and make your own, this was my plan for this year.