Debadging Your Car

[Jersey]

Tools Needed:
3M Adhesive Remover
Hair dryer
Dental floss or fishing line
Soft terry cloth
Car Wax

1. Wash the areas around the badges you want to remove; if the car needs a wash this is a good time to do the car.

2. Heat up badge with hair dryer, test the amount of heat you are putting on the paint with your hand, you do not want to over heat the paint. This step can be skipped if you are doing this on a hot day. If are removing lettering or numbering work on one character at a time. Heat for ten to fifteen seconds checking the heat the entire time.

3. Spray 3M adhesive remover on badge, hold a cloth below the badge to keep the adhesive remover from dripping.

4. Heat again for another five to ten seconds, again checking the heat.

5. Using the dental floss start to cut the badges off. Pull the dental floss away from the car so that it is rubbing on the badge and not the car. If there is much resistance to the dental floss cutting the adhesive reheat and reapply 3M adhesive remover. Having a friend hold the badge helps so they do not go flying off.

6. With the badge off you now have to deal with the leftover adhesive. Carefully try to peal off the corner, if there is much resistance, reapply heat and 3M adhesive remover. Slowly peal the adhesive off; hopefully it will come off in one piece. Be careful not to scratch the paint by using your fingernails to "dig" at the adhesive.

7. With the badge and adhesive off move onto the next character or badge.

8. Use a wet wash mitt or towel to clean the dirt that you could not get before, when clean dry the area.

9. . 3M adhesive remover also removes wax, if your car needs a wax this might be a good time to do the car, otherwise just wax the areas you were working on. Notice how much easier it is to wax that area with out a badge in the way.

10. Stand back and admire.

source e46fanatics

[christyles]

You can skip hairdryer all in all. Especially if you've never had experience in dealing with the paint surface if the vehicle.

Hold a cloth under the "badge", squirt adhesive remover over the badge. The cloth is to prevent the adhesve remover from leaking all the way down to uneccesary area. Let it sit for about 30sec- 1min. Then work away with the floss.

Any left over adhesive residue can be removed by applying a cloth with adheisve remover on it, and just start to peel away it.

Wax will work. I recommend polish then wax it. For cars that are really dirty or have not been waxed for a very long time, a very light compound to remove the fading will help then polish then wax.

note: I debadged 2 cars in under 15 minutes.

Probably one of the easiest stealth mods you can do. As Jersey said, stand back and admire.

[audiophilia]

deabaaaaaged...the only way to go...great posts, guys

[M333ee]

Here is a question for you guys.
Would you debadge a M3....?????? :^o:

[Rice]

Here is a question for you guys.
Would you debadge a M3....?????? :^o:

Ummm what's the point, it's easy to recognize an M3 even without the badge. What about a 330Ci, would anyone debadge that? I don't know, the car would look nakid without the badge :p

[Surk]

Here is a question for you guys.
Would you debadge a M3....?????? :^o:

IF I had an M3...I'd get BIGGER badges.... :yourmyido

[audiophilia]

Here is a question for you guys.
Would you debadge a M3....?????? :^o:
NEVER!!!

You earned that badge of honour Eric....:)

Friday?

[audiophilia]

the car would look nakid without the badge :p
BAN!!!!

;)

[M333ee]

BAN!!!!

;)

LOL :yak: That was a good one Anthony.

I debadged my 330ci just for a clean look. Took me 2 years to do it though.

[Quickid]

(... with a Mexican accent...)

Badges? What badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!

[M333ee]

Jos,

I was just thinking of posting that :Qboy: LOL

[christyles]

(... with a Mexican accent...)

Badges? What badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!
LOL/. Funny Quickid. :yak: