Shaving Qx4 Logo, Door handles, anything at all

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Infinitidood412
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Has anyone shaved anything off of there Qx4? i would really liked to take the Qx4 off the back of mine. Also i have a dealer sticker "Major Infiniti" i would like to take off.



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99QX4
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Are you asking for the technique? I haven't done it myself but have seen it done. If you have a heat gun that'll work best, if not use a hair dryer but it'll take a little longer. Heat up the emblems first and take a [rubber/plastic] putty knife starting at a corner (especially for the dealer badge) and shimmy it under. Also i have heard of using dental floss but i dunno if that works.

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dental floss or fishing line works well if its a metal one with 2 sided tape. if its just a sticker, id wait til the summer. park it with the sticker facing the sun, let it sit for a couple hours and itll peel right off with your fingernail, any sticky residue will wipe right off with wd-40 and a rag. if you have to get it off now, the heat gun or blow dryer is a good idea, as 99qx4 mentioned. just be careful as im not sure how long you would have to hold it there before the paint started bubbling.

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also about the sticker, if you dont wanna mess with it you can always take it back to major and see if theyll do it. theyre right off 103rd and state line, ive heard good stuff about their service and parts dept.

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99QX4
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timmack wrote:any sticky residue will wipe right off with wd-40 and a rag. if you have to get it off now, the heat gun or blow dryer is a good idea, as 99qx4 mentioned. just be careful as im not sure how long you would have to hold it there before the paint started bubbling.
LOL yeah i didn't think to mention not to hold the hair dryer on there for too long...and it slipped my mind about the residue good call timmak

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yes ma'am, taken many an ugly sticker off my cars throughout the years.

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Infinitidood412
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well well well if it isn't another kansin' whats up man? ha ha yeah i might have to check out the dealer

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go for it, ya got nothing to lose but that ugly dealer sticker

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ive had good results using fishing line followed by goo gone and then a coat of wax

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Hey Infinitidood412,

if you removed the QX4 emblem, i will buy it...

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If you take off the QX4 logo people will think it's Pathfinder and then someone will feel stupid for paying $10,000 more for it.

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bmlawless wrote:If you take off the QX4 logo people will think it's Pathfinder and then someone will feel stupid for paying $10,000 more for it.


Even worse, someone might think its a 4runner

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fueler wrote:

Even worse, someone might think its a 4runner
Heaven forbid!

Infinitidood you might want to ADD another QX4 emblem just to be safe...


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