grrrrr my emblem doesn't wanna come off for ****!! i tried fishing line, credit card, screwdriver (i was careful) and my hand (which hurt like hell!!!!) it's like super glued on there!! however i did get 1 side loose....looks like i gotta run extention cord for a hair dryer for last resort =/

 

Goo Gone & Heat are your friend.

 

 

just took my rear bowtie off last nite....Heat and fishing line for the badge. Heat and peel the black foam, and then soak a corner of a rag with zippo lighter fluid and rub to get rid of the adhesive. I clay barred to get rid of the little bit of cloudiness that was around the outside edges of the foam, and then threw a little wax on it in the meantime till I finish the rest of the badges and do a more detail seal and wax.

Great write-up, there were some real helpful hints on here.

 

im amazed sometimes....

maybe it's cause my car is so new, but @ 50 some degrees outside and with a wind chill i removed my lettering just fine with just a starbucks gift card.... no issues.

 

Aight i decided to leave the bow tie's following Tom's suit.

Results below:

 

I think this looks great! I think that's what I'm going to do.

 

Nice write up man. Thanks

 

If you use Goo Gone, do you still have to reapply wax and did you have to reapply adhesive to stick the letters back on?

 

so i just debbadge mine....and i was looking at what i could spell with the cobalt ls....and some how my wife spelled
BLAST U......lol
and then i spelled out SO CAL
but im thinking about doing
TURBALT....i just need to find a T U R somewhere...does anyone have any of these letters

anyone out there have the letters T U R that match the cobalt lettering?

 

bump

 

Hey I just did mine,
I tried goo gone and rubbing alchohol to get rid of the glue and they both sucked ass.

Then I tried turtle wax brand bug and tar remover and it came off easy as can be.

bug and tar remover ftw!

 

i used a blow dryer a terry cotten cloth rag thing and bug n tar remover from turtle wax and turtle wax


and bought a trailblazer ss for the front where i took off the bow tie if u look real close u can still see a hole where the bowtie was

 

This was my debagging process. To remove the glue underneath the Chevy Bowtie, I used lacquer thinner and a lint free cloth (just make sure you clean it up real nice after you put the lacquer thinner on your car). It pulled the glue off just about instantaneously. Under the letters, the glue was so thin, it just peeled right off, so that was easy enough.

But, this is what I started with



Then I took off the bowtie





Then the letters (and the tacky dealership logo)



I liked the way the total debagging looked, but after poking around these forums, I liked how some people rearranged the letters. All I did, is keep the LT in there also



And yes, the car is dirty, the bath was next

 

I like all this aligning the stuff in the middle with the key hole. I gotta do this to my car, it looks just awesome.

 

i think i just splooged :

 

lol. thats exactly what i did....
but i showed gains of 15whp and 12ft/tq....mmmm...maybe you need a tune?

 

how do you get them back on? i realy want to do what co-yellow-balt did

 

Hmm...I need to get on this. I plan on debadging the COBALT (so if anyone needs the letters, let me know), move the SS probably centered and move the bowtie OVER the trunk lock. Surprised no one has pics of this already, I know I've seen it done. Looks clean without spending money to shave and repaint. I'll get pics as soon as I can get it done.

 

yo on the front symbol that is screwed in right or is it also double faced tape

 

if your talking about the bowtie it has 2 screws in it but they unbolt easy but if u take it off ur gonna have 4 holes there i took mine off and used a bowtie there but i used a trailblazer bowtie its bigger and covers the holes better

 

Once you rap the fishing line around the emblem do you just pull it off?

 

on the back just heat it up with a blow dryier for like 2 mins then get the fishing line and work your way around its easy and after its off just start rolling the tape crap off ur car it will all start coming off easy if u roll it

 

My dog ate my 2 Ts from the COBALT LT... thinking bout doing COBALL...haha thoughts?

 

just finished mine. looks much cleaner but i do agree that goo gone does take a bit of rubbing to get everything off. either way its done and clean.