Adhesive removal on new car

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06vrss

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Hey guys, been a long time since I posted on here but have always enjoyed reading the incredible wealth of knowledge available as I am an avid weekend warrior. I'm sure this topic has been covered before but most threads I found while searching were years old. I recently (like 2 days ago) took delivery of a 2016 WRX limited in crystal black silica. My previous vehicle was kept in very good shape as I am crazy about a clean car. I had the dealer not do anything to the car. When I arrived at the dealer all the plastic was still on it as I requested. When I took the plastic film off I found that there are lines of what I assume is some type glue from the film all over the vehicle all well as a nasty spot on the hood. I had hoped washing it would remove most of it but it didn't. I also tried some ultimate quick wax but it didn't work either. My question is what can I use that will safely and effectively remove it. I'm terrified of using anything too aggressive as the car is so new. Any advice would be awesome, thanks guys.
 
ValuGard's New Car Prep was specifically developed for this exact application, and is tested/approved by all the major Automakers. That is the specific product that's supposed to be used for this job, though I'm sure there are others that'd work OK too.
 
Thanks Accumulator. I will check that out. I just found turtle wax label and sticker remover in my basememt which I assume is probably similar to mineral spirits which is supposed to be safe. Just smells so strong.
 
Thanks. Maybe I'll try the tarminator as I would like to get this done today and I believe that can be had at advance or autozone. Thanks for the replies.
 
I just went through this a couple of months back. I brought mine home with the plastic on it. I took it through a wand wash, decontaminated and used Poorboys Waterless Wash. It took the sticker shadow off of mine. If I'd have had Valugard's Paint Prep product, I'd have used it.
 
When I removed the Rapgard new car wrap from a car I used Valugard New Car Prep and it worked like a charm
 
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