White shoe polish on window--question.

ihatepostmodernism · 06-22-2008, 06:01 PM

I am going to try to sell one of my cars now that I have the 135. I am thinking about putting a huge for sale sign on the back window with white shoe polish. Is this a good idea? Will this be easy to remove later? All help is much appreciated. :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

C_Topher · 06-22-2008, 06:21 PM

My experience from autocrosses is that it is a pain to get off of the rubber seals around the windows. Easy to get off otherwise.

jeremyc74 · 06-22-2008, 06:56 PM

They sell some stuff for marking windows at autoparts stores that comes off a little easier.

I was using shoe polish at the drag strip for a while, and you could still see it on the trim years later. The other stuff didn't seem to do that.

ihatepostmodernism · 06-22-2008, 08:05 PM

I'm going to look into that autoparts store stuff. I may avoid this whole fiasco and just go with some white tape.

Face · 06-22-2008, 08:33 PM

If you are serious about selling the car, nothing does it better than custom vinyl graphics that you can get made at any sign shop.

Probably $50 or so, but IMHO makes a much stronger selling statement than shoe-polish.

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C_Topher Señor Member 16 Rep 452 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Georgia iTrader: (0)	My experience from autocrosses is that it is a pain to get off of the rubber seals around the windows. Easy to get off otherwise. __________________ Monaco Blue/Savannah Beige 135i
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jeremyc74 Banned 76 Rep 5,970 Posts Drives: '08 135i Montego/Terra Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Evansville, IN iTrader: (0)	They sell some stuff for marking windows at autoparts stores that comes off a little easier. I was using shoe polish at the drag strip for a while, and you could still see it on the trim years later. The other stuff didn't seem to do that.
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ihatepostmodernism Private 9 Rep 96 Posts Drives: Join Date: Oct 2007 iTrader: (0)	I'm going to look into that autoparts store stuff. I may avoid this whole fiasco and just go with some white tape.
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Face Private First Class 12 Rep 100 Posts Drives: Join Date: Mar 2008 iTrader: (0)	If you are serious about selling the car, nothing does it better than custom vinyl graphics that you can get made at any sign shop. Probably $50 or so, but IMHO makes a much stronger selling statement than shoe-polish.
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