Tools required:

Hair dryer
GooGone (tm)
50lb fishing line
Ice scraper

Here is what you start with:


Badges to remove:




You want to heat up the badge with the hair dryer so that the molding tape glue loosens. Your finger nails will hate you if you don't.

Once the badge is hot enough make a loop with the fishing line and run it under the badge. Continue to heat the badge and pull on the line too.


After removing the badges, scrap as much of the mold tape off with your fingers (or the ice scraper if you have alot, like I did at first), then apply the GooGone(tm) following the instructions. Ive heard that nail polish remover or gas will work also, but they both smell bad and i like the orange smell of GooGone(tm).


After you get all the badges removed don't forget to put wax over the removed areas, or just do the whole damn car like me.

In the end you end up with a nice smooth ass like this:


And no more stupid GM logo on the side:


You can use restick your badges if you want, all you need is some side molding tape that you can pick up at ur automotive store.



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Nice Write up, good pictures too

 

Thanks, im new to the site and wanted to make a really good first attempt at How-To

 

i did a write up on this earlier but it didnt have pics so good job ...and welcome to the site

 

Nice write up. Im definately going to take my dealership emblem off, ugly as hell. I dont know about the others, maybe the little GM ones because they get in my way when im waxing.....

o ya welcome to the forums...

later

 

ugh, you do know that alcohol, goo gone, and gasoline are solvents? THey will strip the paint and clearcoat right off your car.

 

which is why you wash the area off, and wax it

 

I would propose a different option. Instead of fishing line, use a plastic paint scraper. They are cheap and at any hardware store. Using the heat, move the scraper between the paint and the adhesive only as fast as the heat will allow. You remove the complete badge and adhesive in a single pass, with no damage to the adhesive or paint. You won't have any glue or sticky stuff at all left on the car. That's how I did mine.

 

i removed the bow tie from the trunk today, i heated it up till it was too hot to touch then put the fishin line behind it and worked it through, but when the badge came off there was a ass of adhesive left so i got as much off which my fingernail as possible then went to advanced auto and picked up some goo gone and it came with a little sticker remover that says WILL NOT SCRATCH i used it and it scratched the hell out of it..luckily i noticed it and stoped. even after i washed it a waxed it there is still a little sticky crap left that i cannot get off if anyone knows what else i can do please let me know

 

try a little polishing compound. I have the stuff made by Turtle Wax and it takes the scratches out as long as they arnt too deep. You could also try wet sanding the spot if the polishing compound doesnt work.

later

 

Reminds me of when I did mine. The thought bothers me lol. Good write up!

 

Do not using polishing compound if there is still adhesive on the surface. Remove all of that first, then use the compound to clean up the scratches. Goo Gone should not be scratching your paint. Be sure you are using a clean cloth. The adhesive being removed shouldn't scratch either.

 

I got some stuff that i'm gonna try tonight I think. Hopefully it works out.

I'm gonna wet sand another part where I used touchup paint and you can kind of notice it still.

If I can get ahold of a camera I will do a before and after pic

 

nice clear write up!...

 

Good catch. i assumed that he already removed all the adhesive. Wow my bad i should of finished reading his post. I didnt realize he didnt get all the adhesive off.

later

 

removed my badges today I used the blow dryer, plastic paints scraper and touched up with clearcut compund from car pro which worked great and a plastic blade. Also took of the front bow tie but i might put that back on becuase it has four big ugly holes..looks like someone shot at me...

 

sure is alot cleaner of a look

 

With a Yellow cobalt thats about 1 year and 3 months old, if i was to take off my badges in the rear what kind of color difference do u think i will see in the paint?

 

probably not even noticable compare the inside of your door, to an outside panel & see if you notice a difference. is the sun really intense there? I would start off w/ the cobalt letters & see what it looks like, then go from there..

 

My friend works for a body shop and when he removed my rear bow-tie he used a heatgun to soften the adhesive and a plastic paint scraper, there was adhesive left over so he busted out is drill mounted body eraser. took all the tape off very nicely.

I feel a combo of fishline/heat/ eraser will be sweet. and is what I will do on the other badges.

always more then 1 way to skin a cat.

 

great tut, will use soon

 

Awesome write-up. Going to be doing this to mine over the weekend.