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May 7, 2004 | 08:30 PM

Littleboyblue

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Removing the badges

I'm going to remove the badges off my suby. Does anyone have any advice?

May 7, 2004 | 08:32 PM

funkdrmr

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https://www.i-club.com/forums/showth...emoving+Badges

May 7, 2004 | 11:03 PM

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careful if your using a heat gun. those things will heat up real good dont want to damage your paint =o). have fun with the glue stuff. :banana:

May 7, 2004 | 11:05 PM

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i used dental floss, goof off, and paper towels. took like 20 min

May 7, 2004 | 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by debbid

i used dental floss, goof off, and paper towels. took like 20 min

exactly...heat gun is overkill.

May 7, 2004 | 11:44 PM

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Hair blow dryer and goo gone, and maybe some string =P

May 7, 2004 | 11:48 PM

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paper towel is a big no no, it will scratch your paint

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May 8, 2004 | 12:59 AM

Littleboyblue

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How long do you heat up the letters? iLoqin where in fremont do you live?

May 8, 2004 | 01:04 AM

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yeh. paper towels. bad idea. that's what happened to my car

May 8, 2004 | 01:04 AM

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funkdrmr

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Sorry, I was in a hurry when I posted that link. I'll give you the run down of how I did mine.

Buy some of the 3M Adhesive remover

Spray each letter, wipe away excess from your surrounding paint

Either carefully use needle-nose pliers & twist/pull the badge off, or use dental floss as a saw to take it off.

You'll be able to use your fingers to rub off the remaining glue, or use a soft cloth and the 3M stuff.

After you're done, wash your car, and wax the area to protect it.

Enjoy the new look!

May 8, 2004 | 03:34 PM

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i used a hairdryer and floss to take mines off

May 8, 2004 | 05:54 PM

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ok it took me a like 2-3 hours to do my debadge, and i would not do ti again any time soon. what i did was heat up each letter for about two minutes. once it was heated up, i used dental floss to slowly, and carefuly, saw the goo from the letters. once i got that done for each letter, there was normally a lot of goo and stuff left on the car, so i used goo gone and wd40. not at the same time, but i tried both and i like the goo gone. anyway, put a towl under the left over goo, and saturate it with goo gone, and let it sit for a while. some people say to use a credit card or something like that to scrape the stuff off, but if you get enough goo gone on there, the goo actually falls apart and you can just rubb it off with you fingers.

when you are done make sure to wash that section really really good, and then wax. i got all of this off of scooby mods.

May 10, 2004 | 12:25 PM

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Littleboyblue

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Thanks for all the help! I removed the badges this weekend. Only took me about 1hr 30 mins to finish, thanks to all the advice.

May 12, 2004 | 09:07 PM

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so you can use a hairdryer for how long?? then use floss and saw it off then use wax(any recommendations)

May 12, 2004 | 09:33 PM

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so you can use a hairdryer for how long?? then use floss and saw it off then use wax(any recommendations)

I would use the hairdryer for about 40 seconds or so, then I would feel the letter. If the letter was hot, then I would start to remove it. Definitely use the hairdyrer's lowest setting and warm it up in intervals, you can always heat it up more, but if you heat it up too much, there could be damage. I had problems with the floss. It kept on slipping out of my hands and, it also wouldn't cut the letters off. I would have tried fishing line, but I couldn't find any. I used a credit card and it took the letters right off. The hardest part would be the removing of the glue. Use goo be gone and the credit card to scrap the glue off. I cannot stress, TAKE YOUR TIME! Don't be impatient and hurry it, you will scratch something. I would set aside a good amount of time, a couple of hours or so. Good luck and have fun! I hope this helps.

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