so im taking apart my NX to paint it.. and i find this nasty black gooey stuff everywhere.

theres alot of it around the tail lights, and around the plastic that is under neither the door panels.

i understand it is for like sound dampening/insulation, but is there an easier way to get rid of it than scraping it with a paint scraper?

Freeze it with dry ice and chip it off.

Peas us Riced,
Mark

ive heard that works with the hard tar sound dampening stuff that u find on the floor pan under that carpet and insulation stuff..

but this stuff is still soft and gooey

i changed tail lights and this is what i did

what you need:
- heat gun or hair dryer
- engine degreaser
-an ass load of rags
-i also suggest plastic gloves (look for "diamond grip" some parts stores sell that brand and they rock, i get the same ones off my snap on truck)

what you do:

use the hair dryer or heat gun and heat the stuff up, it becomes more of a liquied when hot and you can just wipe it off instead of useing a sraper. once you have most of it off use the engine degreaser on a new rag and start to clean off any left over cancer. finally use a damp cloth and remove any dryed degreaser.

trust me when i tell you thats the best way to do it. i have not found anything less messy to use in place of it, i used silicon on my tail lights.....but that perminent, and the next time i need to remove them when i paint my car im sure i will need to get new tail lights.

thank you VERY VERY much.. i got one tail light down in like 2 hours of using a scraper.

time to use ur method on the other tail light.

u mentioned that you used silicon when u re-installed the tail lights, but it will be 10X harder to get them out without breaking them..

anyone have any better ideas than using silicon when re-installing the tail lights?!

u mentioned that you used silicon when u re-installed the tail lights, but it will be 10X harder to get them out without breaking them..

anyone have any better ideas than using silicon when re-installing the tail lights?!

http://www.sr20forum.com/classic-se-r/219625-taillight-leak-issue-can-someone-post-pics-fix.html

it involves more black cancer crap:(

What's wrong with the black stuff? Sure it's a little messy, but it works well.

http://www.sr20forum.com/classic-se-r/219625-taillight-leak-issue-can-someone-post-pics-fix.html

it involves more black cancer crap:(

i found some stuff in our shop today kinda like the stuff pictured.. its black gooey stuff with film on both sides for storage :D

i think it will work and not be as nasty as the black stuff that is in there now..



What's wrong with the black stuff? Sure it's a little messy, but it works well.

its the fact that its a little messy... if all else fails, i will use the black gooey stuff when i re-install my taillights