De-Badging

[DaveHess]

I have seen where a few of you guys have de-badged your trucks. How do you do it without damaging the paint? What tips and tricks can you share?

 

[Babyfat]

Fishing Line And 3m Adheasive Remover Is What A Lot Say

 

[FAST4DR]

Yes. Any type of adhesive remover helps. I also use a heat gun. It is a MAJOR PITA. My fingertips were sore for a few days afterwards, but it sure does clean up the look of the truck. I removed ALL of the badges and love the look.

 

[Matt400]

I cheated. . a friend of mine at a body shop did it.



With there knowledge and special tools it took about 15 min so they didn't even charge me.

 

[PHeadings]

Take a cutting torch and apply directly to the emblem until it falls off. Then with a spray bottle mist the area until it quits smoking!

A few squirts of you favorite touch up paint and whola!

 

[Glen Pratt]

I used a few strands of waxed dental floss twisted together and a hair dryer to pull off the badges. Hit them with a hair dryer and use the dental floss to cut through the double sided tape holding the badges on. The waxed dental floss cuts the adhesive while sliding along the paint without scratches. A little Goo-Gone takes the remaining adhesive off without harming the paint.

 

[Hohn]

It's funny you should mention this, as I just did this and took pics (at home comp, sorry).



Heat from a hairdryer or such will help soften the adhesive. Then use a PLASTIC pry tool like a Bondo spatula or something to pry off the badges. Just work the tool across the back of the badge and eventually it will be off.



That's the easy part. The tough part is the fact that you will be left with a lot of adhesive residue on the truck still. Adhesive remover can get this off, but it's a major PITB and there's a much easier way.



ERASER WHEEL!!

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This makes it a snap to get the adhesive off. It looks like this in use:

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After you've "erased" the majority of the adhesive off, you can clean up the last little residue with adhesive remover.



You will probably have a little "ghosting" to the paint, so use some 3M hand glaze and just buff it out. VOILA-- you'll never know the badges were even there!!



Best of all, the Eraser wheels are COMPLETELY HARMLESS TO PAINT! That makes it better than a solvent, imo.



jlh

 

[Matt400]

Thats what the body shop used was an eraser wheel after popping them all off.

 

[2Gen3Gen]

Take a cutting torch and apply directly to the emblem until it falls off. Then with a spray bottle mist the area until it quits smoking!



A few squirts of you favorite touch up paint and whola!

I would really hope you are kidding!

 

[DF5152]

I did my own I used fishing line the vinyl eraser and then some adhesive remover on a rag. polished afterwards and back in action. the adhesive remover will soften the paint so be carefull with that.

 

[LightmanE300]

The easiest way is with a hair dryer/heat gun, fishing line, and adhesive remover spray. Heat the individual letter and the adhesive will get really soft and gummy. Then slide the fishing line behind it and they come off easily. A few spray and then wipe sessions with the adhesive remover and you're good to go. No need to overcomplicate the process

 

[nickleinonen]

i used a similar eraser wheel when i debadged mine... i got it from napa onsale for less than $10cdn... best $10 i've spent in a long time... wore it down about 1/3 of it's wearable surface [don't go past the wear line, as there is a metal disc where the mandrel is attached]... i just made sure to wash very clean the badge area so there was no grit there to potentially scratch the paint

 

[AlexWV]

Here is how I did it. Twice now. Once on a Hemi, once on my current truck.



Step 1. Put the thing out in the sun for several hours. That way everything gets hot, the badges, the glue, the metal underneath. I find that this is better than a heat gun. I also have done several motorcycles this way (they come with about 10 warning labels which are a ******* to get off but not if you do this).



Step 2. Use fishing line and saw off the plastic part. The two sided sticky tape (foam I call it), is a good 1/8" inch thick. You can saw through that and never touch the paint or the badge.



Step 3. Peel off the foam that is left. If the thing is good and warm, it peels off easy and takes most of the glue with it. WHen I did the Hemi, one side peeled right off just like this, no fuss, no muss. By the time I got to the other side, it had been in the shade for a while and then it was a real problem getting the foam off. I just left it till the next day.



Step 4. Wipe off remaining glue with contact cleaner sprayed on a rag. Test an inconspicuous area first. I used ProHonda contact cleaner and it did not harm the paint.



Step 5. Admire.



Step 6. Mail CTD badges to somebody who wants them.



Note. There are 30 individual items to remove when you count all the letters.

 

[805gregg]

I spent a lot of money for those badges, so thy are staying put plus when you go to sell you'll get more money if its mostly stock, lookin that is.

805gregg

 

[Matt400]

You gotta like em to keep em thats for sure. IMO they look cheap and devalue the appearance.