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| Because I Am !!?? Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Under the thumb !! Local Time: 12:50 AM
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Offline | I want to remove the dealer sticker from the rear window in my Mini but I am worried about damaging the heated rear window. Has any one got any tips or tricks for removing the dealer sticker. Also I am thinking of changing the tax disc holder from the standard mini dealer type to a round silver metal type. Has any one else changed there tax disc holder ? |
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| Remember | well the dealer sticker I just pulled out, yes it left like a slight adhesive mark, but rather than try to remove that straight away (as fibres would stick to it) I left for a few days then used normal window cleaning spray. But good things for removing stuff like that would be either meth's, or lighter petrol fuel (like in a zippo) as for the tax disc holder just done mine, but didn't have to clean anything off, I cheated and had a new windscreen fitted, hahaha. Stone chip was the real reason for changing But imagine the same things might help you.Anyway, there is a great Silver Holder on e-bay, with the MINI logo on the back, thats what I got and alot of others on here. Have a search using BMW MINI TAX for search words. The only problem I have is knowing which one to drive? ![]() |
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| Mini Mod Join Date: Sep 2002 Local Time: 07:50 PM
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Offline | Actually plain,and safe, hand lotion will work. Just a tiny amount and work it into the adhesive. The just use plain old glass cleaner. Goo Gone works but I don't think it's available over there. Probably just has a different name. |
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| NEMINI.org Join Date: Sep 2002 Local Time: 07:50 PM
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Offline | wd-40 is not silicone spray Taken directly from the WD-40 website: What does WD-40 contain? While the ingredients in WD-40 are secret, we can tell you what WD-40 does NOT contain. WD-40 does not contain silicone, kerosene, water, wax, graphite, chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), or any known cancer-causing agents. |
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| MINI2 Master Join Date: May 2003 Location: Radlett. Herts Local Time: 01:50 AM
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Offline | well thats until the car went back in to get some warranty work done... and they put another one in :O... i didn't bother after that!! '06' Cooper S Convertible - Astro Black, '04' Mazda RX8 231 - Black |
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| Mini Mod Join Date: Sep 2002 Local Time: 07:50 PM
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Offline | Sorry, it's not silicone based % Weight HYDROCARBON SOLVENT 67% (WHITE SPIRIT) MINERAL OIL 21% Link to MSDS Last edited by obehave : Jan 19th, 2004 at 01:26 AM. |
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| Amiga 500 to PS3 20 Years | WD40 is excellent for getting rubber marks, made by shoes or bike tyres, off of plastic floor coverings too! I used to work at a bike shop and we were forever using it after the kids had been round the showroom perfecting their skids Just a word of warning: MAKE SURE YOU FULLY WIPE IT UP. I don't want Claims Direct on my back ![]() ![]() It was acceptable in the 80's |
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| MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jan 2004 Local Time: 12:50 AM
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Offline | useless fact Hey I know why its called WD-40....... When they developed it they couldnt come up with a name, so they took water displacement (which is its main attribute) and the number of tries it took them to create a satisfactory effect and came up with WD40 (WD = water displacement, 40 = fortieth attempt) Probably a load of bllks and I have no idea where I got it from. |
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| Ultimate Stealth Machine Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Wilkes County NC Local Time: 06:50 PM
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Offline | Sorry, Max, but one doesn't need a 'girly' hairdrayer. A manly heatgun works better, and that's a tool we should all have. Amazing for applying stripes and such. |
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| Snotty Rhinohiney Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Between 3 Mt. in AZ Local Time: 05:50 PM
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Offline | First Question: http://www.wd40.com/Brands/wd40_faqs.html ---------------- Off of a uses for duct tape calendar (friends not mine). How to protect your sand cassle from the incomeing tide. Soak peaces of card board in WD40 and duct tape them togeather to make wall around the sand cassle. It says if it didn't work, you didn't use enuf of these fine products. |
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| MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jan 2004 Local Time: 12:50 AM
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Offline | never seen that site, honest! Id honestly never seen that site.... when thinking back to where the hell i got that useless fact from, i remembered that i had heard it on chris evans breakfast show way back when he was on radio 1. i think. |
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| Ultimate Stealth Machine Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Wilkes County NC Local Time: 06:50 PM
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Offline | Can't quite get shrink wrap to shrink with a hairdryer. Or warm yer morning muffins. And, as I suggest, it's dandy for making those stripes fit around the compound curves. Max, PM me with your address. |
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![]() MINI2 Master Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: MANCHESTER ;} Local Time: 12:50 AM
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Offline | do they make battery powered hair driers ? alternatively, how do I get an extension lead outta the window of a second floor flat across the garden and into the back of the car ??? |
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