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  1. #1 Side Panels on door and yellowing 
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    Hello,

    I have a white 97 Grand Prix GT and the sides are looking little bad because I have to when cleaning scrub the crap to get the dirt off. Some of them look to have shown some of the yellow primer underneight.

    Can you remove all this stuff from the side and still have it look nice? Or do I just need to remove them and repaint them or replace them with other parts repainted. I dont know why dirt is so hard to get off of there. Washing takes 30 min then im stuck another hour elbow greasing to clean those off to have it look decent. Which worked fine before but now the yellow makes it look old and gross.
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    Mine does/did the same thing.

    Go get some of these



    Wet them and scrub away. Did all my lower moldings in 3-5minutes, made it look brand new. Make sure to rinse them well, then use a good wax to keep them looking good.

    Is the yellow from rubbing through the paint, or is it that the finish is yellowing (mine did that)

    You CAN remove them, but the chances of breaking them isn't worth it to me (currently rocking 3 out of 4 moldings) It'd be better to paint them on the car IMO.

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    Yeah I think that is what F'ed up the paint in the first place. I thought it had gone through the paint but it may be a good idea for me to go ahead and do a small sample to be sure you may be right it may just be finish yellowing
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    I thought I had messed the finish up too, but after trying that, all was better. Hope it works for you.

    "**** bills. You can live in your car but you can't race your house" -dsmuts
    Want her to stop when she's not looking karate chop her in her crotch that should quiet her for a bit or at the very least put a smile on your face -REDCOMPG
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    Thanks for the confirmation. Will try that tonight and possibly maybe a clay bar since seems that can clean crap out of the paint well too. Have lots of other parts I need to use that one as well. Will let you know if I have any luck!
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    A clay bar probably won't get the stains off. It could be deep into the clear coat. I would recommend to try claying and then follow up with meguiars ultimate compound and see if that helps.
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