My black stripe turned grey. And since it was on my black painted car, it just looked silly. Mine came off pretty easily, but it was obviously taken off in the past. I like it better with it off, though every idiot door swinger that isn't paying attention makes a small dent (and chips my paint!). Let this be a lesson to anyone who wants to remove it. 1537 frankenlorean On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 13:59:05 -0500 "Jason Cody" <atarilep@xxxx> writes: > Has anyone removed the optional black stripe on the side? How hard > is it? Precautions? > > -JWC