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Hi Si,
I did it to a car a number of years ago and just used a hairdryer. Didn't take to long. Easy mod.
Don
I did it to a car a number of years ago and just used a hairdryer. Didn't take to long. Easy mod.
Don
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Hair dryer to warm up the letters, then a bit of dental floss to peel them away. You will be left with some foam sticky stuff this peels off and the residue can be removed with a little petrol (I use lighter fluid). A bit of polish and your done.
Cheers
Cheers
removed badges
We don't need no stinken badges here!
Get yourself the following items:
1) Hairdryer
2) Waxed Dental floss (you can use mint if you really want to)
3) Rubbing Alcohol
4) Microfiber Cloth
5) Paint Sealant or Car Wax
The process is really really simple:
*** I am assuming that you start with a CLEAN, freshly washed car ***
1) [as per the previous poster's suggestion] Warm the badges with the hairdryer. You don't want to have them melting, just wave the hot air over them long enough to warm the area (15 seconds or so). Your objective here is to heat up the glue in order to help it release easier, not to melt it totally (which would damage the surrounding paint).
2) Grab a length of the dental floss and place it against the paint right up next to the badge. Gently pull the floss under the badge in order to separate the badge from the car. ** IMPORTANT: don't be afraid to leave the floss behind the badge and reheat with the hot air when it becomes hard to move the floss through the glue AND don't pull the floss away from the car as you move it, you want the floss to move against the car's paint in behind the badge**
3) When you have the badge off the car, you will find some of the double-sided sticky tape was left behind on the car's surface. This is where the Microfiber Cloth and Rubbing Alcohol come into play!
4) Generously soak a spot on the towel large enough to totally cover the glue residue and then place the soaked towel over the residue and hold there. DO NOT RUB. After about 5 or 6 seconds, you should find that the residue will easily peel off (if not, soak the towel again and hold onto the spot until it does). The rubbing alcohol will not damage the paint or clear coat, but will break down the glue! (this also works for tar and grease removal... even bugs to some extent)
5) When the residue is all gone, soak a clean area on the cloth (or use a new cloth) and then gently wipe the cloth over the area to ensure there is no remaining glue on the paint.
6) Spot wax with your favorite paint sealant or wax because the alcohol will strip off any wax you had on the car, and you will need to protect the area that was under the badge (as it didn't have wax at all)
cheers!
We don't need no stinken badges here!
Get yourself the following items:
1) Hairdryer
2) Waxed Dental floss (you can use mint if you really want to)
3) Rubbing Alcohol
4) Microfiber Cloth
5) Paint Sealant or Car Wax
The process is really really simple:
*** I am assuming that you start with a CLEAN, freshly washed car ***
1) [as per the previous poster's suggestion] Warm the badges with the hairdryer. You don't want to have them melting, just wave the hot air over them long enough to warm the area (15 seconds or so). Your objective here is to heat up the glue in order to help it release easier, not to melt it totally (which would damage the surrounding paint).
2) Grab a length of the dental floss and place it against the paint right up next to the badge. Gently pull the floss under the badge in order to separate the badge from the car. ** IMPORTANT: don't be afraid to leave the floss behind the badge and reheat with the hot air when it becomes hard to move the floss through the glue AND don't pull the floss away from the car as you move it, you want the floss to move against the car's paint in behind the badge**
3) When you have the badge off the car, you will find some of the double-sided sticky tape was left behind on the car's surface. This is where the Microfiber Cloth and Rubbing Alcohol come into play!
4) Generously soak a spot on the towel large enough to totally cover the glue residue and then place the soaked towel over the residue and hold there. DO NOT RUB. After about 5 or 6 seconds, you should find that the residue will easily peel off (if not, soak the towel again and hold onto the spot until it does). The rubbing alcohol will not damage the paint or clear coat, but will break down the glue! (this also works for tar and grease removal... even bugs to some extent)
5) When the residue is all gone, soak a clean area on the cloth (or use a new cloth) and then gently wipe the cloth over the area to ensure there is no remaining glue on the paint.
6) Spot wax with your favorite paint sealant or wax because the alcohol will strip off any wax you had on the car, and you will need to protect the area that was under the badge (as it didn't have wax at all)
cheers!
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Debadging EoS
Ditto to all the comments - I de-badged my EoS in under 1 hour using heat gun on low setting and dental floss, using de-solv-it sticker remover and a lint free white rag to loosen up and remove the remaining 3M adhesive backing that was left on my EoS. One caviat - The one I de-badged was white and had been driven a few months by the VW Dealer Sales Manager before I purchsed it. It must have been parked in the sun a lot of that time; there is a very slight difference in the white paint shade where the Badge Letters used to be, so beware of this risk to de-badging you if your EoS is not brand new, the paint color may have changed slightly so the paint shade of that what was under the badge areas may not be perfectly the same as the rest of the trunk lid.
I am hoping the difference will be less after the areas that were under the badge get some UV rays over time now that the badges are gone.
Good luck,
Randy, Kansas, USA
White EoS 2.0TFSI Sports Pkg w 18" Samarkand w All-season tires
Ditto to all the comments - I de-badged my EoS in under 1 hour using heat gun on low setting and dental floss, using de-solv-it sticker remover and a lint free white rag to loosen up and remove the remaining 3M adhesive backing that was left on my EoS. One caviat - The one I de-badged was white and had been driven a few months by the VW Dealer Sales Manager before I purchsed it. It must have been parked in the sun a lot of that time; there is a very slight difference in the white paint shade where the Badge Letters used to be, so beware of this risk to de-badging you if your EoS is not brand new, the paint color may have changed slightly so the paint shade of that what was under the badge areas may not be perfectly the same as the rest of the trunk lid.
I am hoping the difference will be less after the areas that were under the badge get some UV rays over time now that the badges are gone.
Good luck,
Randy, Kansas, USA
White EoS 2.0TFSI Sports Pkg w 18" Samarkand w All-season tires
The colors will eventually match each other. It is strange how that works, but it does.
I really like the clean looks of the Eos when all those silly letters are gone. The only negative is the number of people who ask "wow, that's a good looking car. What model is it, I don't recognize it"
I really like the clean looks of the Eos when all those silly letters are gone. The only negative is the number of people who ask "wow, that's a good looking car. What model is it, I don't recognize it"
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Hey all,
I did it just with a hairdrier... They came off very easily.. I then used bug wipes to remove the remaining outlines.
Am going to get car washed today, then polish with MER to finish it off nicely
Will report back and maybe post a picture if I get a chance!
Thanks to all
I did it just with a hairdrier... They came off very easily.. I then used bug wipes to remove the remaining outlines.
Am going to get car washed today, then polish with MER to finish it off nicely
Will report back and maybe post a picture if I get a chance!
Thanks to all
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After De Badge and Polish!
This is after I did the De Badge and then had it cleaned, then I got home and polished it! (I also did the Krytox on the seals too...)
Hope you enjoy the pics!!
Going to also post them in the pics section!!
This is after I did the De Badge and then had it cleaned, then I got home and polished it! (I also did the Krytox on the seals too...
)Hope you enjoy the pics!!
Going to also post them in the pics section!!
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