Saddlebags trim / plastic film over strips

[Bull Durham]

I bought me Nomad last year, it is a 2005 model. The guy I bought it from never took off the plastic film that covers the saddlebag trim pieces, the 3 strips on the side.

I have tried, now with being weathered on, waxed over, etc; it's almost like they are a part of the trim pieces. I don't think I'd want to try Goobie Gone, might cause more problems.

Does anyone have any idea on what would be a good product to take off the plastic film? I even tried a hair dryer hoping to warm it up and be able to peel off, no go. I get like a millimeter at a time, have to keep picking at it. At that rate, it would take 3 years to get it all off.

Any suggestions?

[ballast]

Just be careful because anything that will clean it off will probably screw up your paint. I learned the hard way not to use hand sanatizer over the saddlebags :(" title="" border="0"/> one more reason for my paint job.

[Bull Durham]

I just noticed on your sig picture, did you take your trim pieces off?

[ballast]

Originally Posted by Bull Durham

I just noticed on your sig picture, did you take your trim pieces off?

I did. They are simply too fragile to get off in a condition where they can be reused. To replace them with OEM parts is about 300 bucks. So I just left them off and am pretty happy with the look.

[oldbikers]

I have the same problem with by 05 so I think I am going to take my off like ballast if I can get them off with out messing the paint up as I don't want to repaint mine.

[Bull Durham]

I saw another thread on here I believe, because of the cost of replacing those strips with OEM, someone was using the chrome strips you can buy from Pep Boys. By there pictures they looked pretty nice.

Oldbiker, you have the plastic film still on yours? Ever try taking it off? After about an inch, I gave up.

Ballast, I do like the look of your bike without the strips, looks nice.

[nomadtom69]

When I got my 06 last year It took me about 10 hours to get it off little piece by little piece I was lucky he had never waxed it.

[Bull Durham]

What did you do, just keep picking at it? With what, your fingernails or what?

[nomadtom69]

Had a plastic stove top cleaner that I used . It is for cleaning the glass top stoves . Just took time and worked it off little at a time . I think I heated it some with a hair dryer

[Bull Durham]

I don't have a glass stove, but I think I've seen one of those cleaners, kind of a smooth scratchie thing, green in color?

[nomadtom69]

They are about 2-3 inches square and taper to a edge for cleaning the stoves mine is brown that and finger nails.

[AlabamaNomadRider]

I have never taken mine off either. Have thought about it a few times but still haven't. There is a problem called Goop and another called Goo Gone. Both of thes would probably take them off but not sure what it would do to paint. I was thinking of just using the hair dryer and see what happens.

[nomadtom69]

It ain"t easy

[oldbikers]

I tried to get mine off for about a year I would try something different each time. I used a hair dryer and plastic scraper but that did no good a friend brought me some stuff from his body shop said they use it to remove decals but before I tried it on the bike I used it on an old car I had and it took the decal right but also took all of the paint off around so I just gave up. Gene goo gone works great to remove glue but it won't do any thing until you get the plastic off then it will clean up and sticky stuff that is left.

[cactusjack]

I still have the plastic covering on one of my bags. I guess I removed one side and forgot about the other. After 3 AZ summers, that stuff isn't coming off now.