Recipe for Debadging Your Car
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Better late then never?
I want to debadge my 05'(why NOW ?
looks cleaner
),but now I'm worried about faded paint "issues" on my C230K(Black).Also do you think it's something that I would be able to wax/polish away?(by hand). Maybe it's a non-issue(paint) and I'm being overly paranoid. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Great DIY by the OP btw
looks cleaner),but now I'm worried about faded paint "issues" on my C230K(Black).Also do you think it's something that I would be able to wax/polish away?(by hand). Maybe it's a non-issue(paint) and I'm being overly paranoid. Any suggestions would be appreciated.thanks,
Phin
Great DIY by the OP btw
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I want to debadge my 05'(why NOW ? looks cleaner),but now I'm worried about faded paint "issues" on my C230K(Black).Also do you think it's something that I would be able to wax/polish away?(by hand). Maybe it's a non-issue(paint) and I'm being overly paranoid. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
thanks,
Phin
Great DIY by the OP btw
looks cleaner),but now I'm worried about faded paint "issues" on my C230K(Black).Also do you think it's something that I would be able to wax/polish away?(by hand). Maybe it's a non-issue(paint) and I'm being overly paranoid. Any suggestions would be appreciated.thanks,
Phin
Great DIY by the OP btw
do u garage it mostly?
i debadged my '02 which has been on the road a lot longer than yours
and the paint is fine...not sure about black though
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yeah, she's garaged every night(not even daily driver).I normally wouldn't think it to be an issue,just worried about the Black paint.I think I might go ahead and do it this weekend.I guess I can always put them back on if the paint is FUBAR. thanks kev
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Yeah Phin, I wouldn't worry about it unless your car has been parked somewhere facing the sun for a year, in all seriousness, otherwise, there might just be a tiny faded look which would go away after a wax, but even I didn't have any issues whatsoever....
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That's what I'm hoping for,thanks bro.
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Yea i want to debadge my 06' but i'm worried that when i take off the badges there would be a shadow or a fade. Will there be a way to get rid of it??
Soo what products should i use to clean after i remove the badges??
Soo what products should i use to clean after i remove the badges??
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Did you have to re polish the paint after removing these? I used the same stuff (Goof off) and it seems to have taken the gloss away from those parts of the bumper where the badges were removed.
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The bodyshop told me to buff it with some polish. I guess that makes sense. You may want to include that in your instructions...
Its not as easy as heat up each letter, remove with credit card, and use goof off to remove adhesive.
There is more to it as the outlines of the letters tend to stay even after heavy use of Goof off.
Oh, and to add, I'm sure most of you already know this, this procedure removes the gloss from the paint, so even if you do get all the adhesive/letters off with Goof off, you will still need to re-buff/re-polish in order to get the shiny paint back.
Has any one else with black painted car removed the badges?
The bodyshop told me to buff it with some polish. I guess that makes sense. You may want to include that in your instructions...
Its not as easy as heat up each letter, remove with credit card, and use goof off to remove adhesive.
There is more to it as the outlines of the letters tend to stay even after heavy use of Goof off.
Oh, and to add, I'm sure most of you already know this, this procedure removes the gloss from the paint, so even if you do get all the adhesive/letters off with Goof off, you will still need to re-buff/re-polish in order to get the shiny paint back.
Has any one else with black painted car removed the badges?
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