Recipe for Debadging Your Car
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WD40 is a great solvent with the main ingredient being Kerosene, no different than using varsol or other mineral spirits such as goo-gone etc. It will not harm the paint if used carefully
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The only thing that is hard on paint is brake fluid, which will lift the paint at an instant unless it is DOT5 which is silicon based
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i have never considered selling my badges they are all just sting in my house somewhere.
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and if that was the case when ur car goes in to service and the dealer re-lub ur door handles "with wd40" and you have stereaks of WD40 running down ur door, would that not have eaten away your paint on the car.
and on the other hand WD40 is an oil base lubricant and its commonly use to clean ur car at a detail show. it helps to get rid of rood-tar, and burned rubber from all the peal outs you do with ur car.
there is no way u can tell that my car has a stain or the paint has been eaten away by WD40
BTW: the only reason i took my badges off with WD40 is because it was recommended by a very repeatable detailing shop in Vancouver.
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so that was fun it took about 30 minutes but the glue stuff is finaly off and it looks great!! i dont even see where they used to be even though the car is 6 years old i will post pics soon
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lol what a poor child he is....ok so heres the pic of my debadge...the adhesive gave me a work out, I ran to the store and got some goo-gone, worked great...only if you look within a foot can you see any shading, but one wax will take care of that, and also the car is kinda dirty at the moment, I've yet to take full photos of my car, but once I find a decent location to take them at they'll be in the official thread..
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lol what a poor child he is....ok so heres the pic of my debadge...the adhesive gave me a work out, I ran to the store and got some goo-gone, worked great...only if you look within a foot can you see any shading, but one wax will take care of that, and also the car is kinda dirty at the moment, I've yet to take full photos of my car, but once I find a decent location to take them at they'll be in the official thread..
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Hell ya...I know they will be...I'll get them just don't know how soon...I have a few things to sell on ebay that will help me pay for them, but I've been really busy...like I said I've been changing these bulbs in the parking lot of my school! 
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lol my head explodes when i think about future mods that I 'need' to do!!! like headlights, rims and lowering, lip spoiler, and exhaust....MY HEAD EXPLODES!
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Def want rims, lowering, and HIDs but they're gonna have to wait, can't afford that now...led tails and 05 blinkers will come soon tho....the mirrors will be last amber lighting to remove...
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you changed out the rear amber turn signals, but aren't the ones in your headlights still amber? and you're gonna do some soldering on the '05 blinkers to make them white?
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soldering to make them white?? what r u talking about? u can just change the bulb. or do you mean the front side markers? those u can buy clears off ebay for like $12.
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ohhh ok kev...I guess I wasn't paying attention too well...ctC230, I want to get white mirror blinkers...anyone know how to do this? I thought I saw it somewhere before on the forum can anyone give me a link?
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