While the show season is done for the most part. I'm doing some maintenance and minor cosmetics to be ready for the next show season. When I got this 99 R/T someone previous had spray bombed the back of the firewall but I've never been able to figure out why. I'm suspecting some kind of wiring harness meltdown because although I'm not 100% sure it appears that perhaps the main wiring harness has been removed before evidenced by the missing firewall grommet. I've got the grommet in now by splitting it and slipping it over but now I want to get rid of this horrible rattle can black paint everywhere. The exterior of the truck and door jambs have been repainted original Solar Yellow but I didn't have anything done under the hood because it's for the most part still clean. I have tried to wipe down some of the black paint with some lacquer thinner soaked on a rag but didn't get much of it off. I'm hesitant to try the aircraft stripper because I didn't know if it would soak through the top rattle can black into the original paint. I'm trying to remove the rattle can black paint and just leave the original yellow there. It appears to me that it would be better if I was able to brush on instead of spraying everywhere with some kind of remover. I also don't want to accidentally get any kind of remover on the exterior body paint and end up ruining it. I was thinking of some kind of stripper that could be applied to the black and be hosed off to get most of it off. I will replace the brake booster and master cylinder because it all got sprayed black too. Longshot too, but is there anyway to remove the top coat of black paint they painted over the brake booster vendor decal without removing the printing? I would like to have it replicated if possible. While I'm there I'm wanting to know if the cross bar between the fenders and radiator is a bolt on piece that I remove and have painted or is it welded? So what kind of stripper if any would be the safest way to go?
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