shaving the emblems

[inhebriatedturtle]

i've been doing some work to my car lately. i installed one piece black cefiro headlights, my cefiro grill will be here in a couple days and i put 98 tail lights on (it's a 96). i want to shave the i30 emblem off the back but i don't want to go ripping it off willy nilly. i basically want to know if i can get the emblem off cleanely and any tips on how to do that. im guessing i can carefully pry it off and clean the outline off with soap and water. any input or tips would be helpfull, thanks in advance.

[Beancooker]

Hair dryer. Heat it up with a hair dryer, and it will detach rather easily. You can clean the paint after you remove the emblem with the hair dryer, and rub the excess foam tape with your thumb. It comes off easily!Pics of my re-badged Maxima.

[koukicody]

dental floss is a easy way too

[maxhopper]

If you have any problems cleaning the adhesive, get some 3M Adhesive Remover. It won't harm the paint.

[nismo1219]

i used a heat gun and used sweeping motions to warm it up. be careful to to get it too hot or it might bubble the paint! just take your time and be careful. after i peeled off my emblems, i used some fine grit rubbing compound to buff out any traces of the emblems ever being there at all. looks really good and clean now.

here's a pic. its old but you get the idea...

[nismo1219]

i used a heat gun and used sweeping motions to warm it up. be careful to to get it too hot or it might bubble the paint! just take your time and be careful. after i peeled off my emblems, i used some fine grit rubbing compound to buff out any traces of the emblems ever being there at all. looks really good and clean now.

here's a pic. its old but you get the idea...

[inhebriatedturtle]

awesome, thanks for all the tips guys. im gonna grab a hair dryer and get to it.

[audtatious]

I would try either the dental floss trick or thin fishing line. The emblem should come off relatively easy either way.

When I removed my penstriping, I used WD40 to removed the glue. Worked like a champ.

[inhebriatedturtle]

i used the hair dryer to heat it up then dental floss to get it off. there is still some traces of glue left, i tried goo gone but it didn't get it off. im gonna grab the hair dryer and heat the little bit of remaining glue tackle it with goo gone or try wd40 and my finger nail. it looks great from about 5 feet away. hopefully i can get the last bit off tomorrow. thanks again for the help guys.

[maxhopper]

I have heard of some people having problems with Goo Gone on their clear coat, that's why I recommended the 3M adhesive remover.

[nismo1219]

so does the fine-grit rubbing compound! you'd never even know that the emblems were ever even on the car!!

[Beancooker]

Dry thumb, heat from the hair dryer, and rub the adhesive into little balls. Comes off easily, and no chemicals on the paint. I personally would use the 3M adhesive remover, if I had to use a chemical. (should be available at most body shop supply stores)

[BLK_MAX]

fishing wire and alot of adhesive remover

[MinisterofDOOM]

Dry thumb, heat from the hair dryer, and rub the adhesive into little balls. Comes off easily, and no chemicals on the paint. I personally would use the 3M adhesive remover, if I had to use a chemical. (should be available at most body shop supply stores)

This is what I did when I had to remove my side molding and replace the adhesive (it was sagging on one end). Worked great. The adhesive just grabs onto itself. It's like cleaning up play-doh. Use the adhesive to clean itself up. It'll stick to itself more than it'll stick to the car.

Just a warning from someone who found out the hard way:Be careful with this method because that adhesive can get HOT--and since it's sticky, it can be hard to get off your finger.

I used a heat gun, though, not a hair dryer, so that may be why my adhesive got so hot.

[00MaxSE]

dental floss is a easy way too

with the hair dryer and some Goof Off to remove the residue.

[jsmithsole]

I used good old so cal sunlight and fishing line. The adhesive rolled right off as mentioned!

[inhebriatedturtle]

thanks to you guys here is the near end result, still need to get that last bit off but the weather isn't helping and neither is the holiday, while im posting pics i'll throw one in of the cefiro grill and headlights.

[maxhopper]

Looking good!

[jEzTeR]

Nice!

I was thinking about taking the M45 off mine, and that looks very "clean".