Safest way to 'de-badge'? - Page 2

buckas · 29-05-2009, 08:56 AM

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Originally Posted by devonutopia

The hairdryer thing is fine, but I found the easiest way was to use a length of fishing line in a sawing motion to cut through the adhesive. Then a combination of rolling under a thumb / thumbnail and applying AG tar remover, got the gunk off the paintwork safely.

same

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/d...-sti_22344.htm

m4rkie23 · 29-05-2009, 08:59 AM

whats the best thing to stick these back on with? (slightly off topic, but i didnt want to start a new thread?)

Shug · 29-05-2009, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by m4rkie23

whats the best thing to stick these back on with? (slightly off topic, but i didnt want to start a new thread?)

Easiest way would be to buy new ones. Prob not cost very much at all and will come ready to stick on.
Don't do what a dealer did to my car and use super glue......

m4rkie23 · 29-05-2009, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Shug

Easiest way would be to buy new ones. Prob not cost very much at all and will come ready to stick on.

yeah i thought this would be a good option cuz atleast it will look identical! i wanted to take mine off, clean under them properly and maybe get the renaultsport badge off a megane.

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Originally Posted by Shug

Don't do what a dealer did to my car and use super glue......

Fin2982 · 29-05-2009, 10:23 AM

Funny enough...whilst working out of a local Fiat garage...one of the tech's did stick the number plates on with SuperGlue..........and it ran....the wee picanto needed the boot and the rear bumper painting......and the customer was waiting....mad dash to get the only other Silver Picanto on site out of the showroom to replace the parts

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Originally Posted by Shug

Don't do what a dealer did to my car and use super glue......

Shug · 29-05-2009, 10:59 AM

Funny thing was, they even even spelt vauxhall wrong when they glued them on.
Talk about cheapskates, the badges come ready spaced just to press on. As it was it ended up in the bodyshop.

buckas · 29-05-2009, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Shug

Funny thing was, they even even spelt vauxhall wrong when they glued them on.

muppets

swiftshine · 29-05-2009, 05:42 PM

When I did mine I found that I didn't actually need fishing line as the hairdryer had softened the glue stuff enough to pluck them off without it. If you need it though definitely floss or fishing line. I wouldn't use a credit card.

Here's mine in pics.

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/foru...9&postcount=16

Alex_225 · 29-05-2009, 05:47 PM

Hairdryer, dental floss and patience is how I got the MEGANE badge off the back of my car.

They always look so much better for it

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Shug OCD Sufferer (Obsessive Car Detailer) Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 940 Thanks: 26 Thanked 101 Times in 82 Posts	Funny thing was, they even even spelt vauxhall wrong when they glued them on. Talk about cheapskates, the badges come ready spaced just to press on. As it was it ended up in the bodyshop.

29-05-2009, 05:42 PM	#18
swiftshine OCD Sufferer (Obsessive Car Detailer) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: South East Scotland Posts: 1,500 Thanks: 165 Thanked 185 Times in 167 Posts	When I did mine I found that I didn't actually need fishing line as the hairdryer had softened the glue stuff enough to pluck them off without it. If you need it though definitely floss or fishing line. I wouldn't use a credit card. Here's mine in pics. http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/foru...9&postcount=16

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