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Old 07-15-2008, 12:59 PM
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Well I painted my 1st body. With stickers it loks pretty good, but there was one thing I forgot. I forgot to put the window masks on!!!!!! So all of the windows are red and as yellow on the front as my only other color, it looks kinda plain. Is there any way I can take the paint off for just the windows or geting something that looks exactly the same? thanks
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You can remove the Paint with Brake fluid. However, You need to soak it, So the windows wont be the only area the paint will be removed from.

Another alternative is to mask the outside of the body, And paint the windows with black.

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what happens if I tape the inside of the body and then put brake cleaner on it. Would the wondws become clear? Any other suggestions?
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Old 07-17-2008, 06:16 PM
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Keep it like that or buy a new body..
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Make some black stickers for the outside of the windows to give it a tinted look, better than buying a new body.
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Just cut the whole window out and replace it with window wcreen matterial. I use fiberglass screen material Shoe-goo'ed on the inside on my bodies. I do this rather than just cutting out cooling holes. Looks decent and helps keep the insides cool.
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That looks pretty cool. So just get some window screen and cut it? Any other tips?
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That looks pretty cool. So just get some window screen and cut it? Any other tips?
using ANY solvent to remove the paint will cloud the lexan and make it brittle

just tape up the outside and paint the windows black, and tell everyone they're "tinted" ~ easy cover-up
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Paint them, thats the easiest thing to do...but you get better cooling if you cut them
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I REALLY like what rice_man did. Can I have links to what I need to do that?
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just go to walmart or home depot and buy some cheap screen material for windows and get some shoe goo, cut it a little bigger than the windows on the car and shoe goo them from the inside, I always did it on my nitro cars, keeps things cool and keeps larger dirt or rocks out.
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