[vashthe3rd]

Never debadged a car before, did some research and tried my hand at it.
Got rid of both the 335i and dealer stick ons. I gotta say I like how it came out.

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[Cuba]

looks good from afar but how does it look close up. I used goo-gone and there were still some outlines of the badges on the car, they came off after a few washes

[vashthe3rd]

Thank you. Close up there's no gunk left, I was more curious about left-over lines from everything, I did my best to wash the areas thoroughly before and after. Goo-gone was definitely my friend for the flag badge that was on there, had to use a LOT of adhesive remover for that one. There wasn't any lines I could see, but I didn't look at it from a billion and one angles.

[Ed328xiCoupe2011]

May I ask what tools do you use for debagging? I'm thinking of getting mine done myself too but don't want to stratch the paint.

[kudos]

Originally Posted by Ed328xiCoupe2011

May I ask what tools do you use for debagging? I'm thinking of getting mine done myself too but don't want to stratch the paint.

You use some dental floss on a really hot day and some goo-gone to help loosen it up. After the badge is off use your finger (not nail) and rub the rest off. Use a towel with goo-gone to get any that's hard to get off.

[Chuck]

Originally Posted by vashthe3rd

Thank you. Close up there's no gunk left, I was more curious about left-over lines from everything, I did my best to wash the areas thoroughly before and after. Goo-gone was definitely my friend for the flag badge that was on there, had to use a LOT of adhesive remover for that one. There wasn't any lines I could see, but I didn't look at it from a billion and one angles.

Hahahaa! I had the same flag badge on mine and my wife hated it (she's not from Texas). Justified the CSL trunk lid by not having that badge on it.

[ichi_ban]

Use 3M Adhesive Remover if there's leftover residue. Looks good, I'll probably do mines soon.

[N0OS3]

From talking around with folks about debadging, the 'sticky foam' that keeps the badge on usually comes off with standard wal-mart goo-gone stuff(s)... i heard from a guy who puts about 30k miles on his car a year finally debadged his 325 at 200k miles and it left outlines of the numbers in the paint. So i guess it all depends on how well you take care of your car i think.... obviously if you put 30k miles on a car a year, you tend to not care about the outside appearance all that much.

[RazRokz.!]

De-badged cars always look cleaner. Good job man. I want to do mine as well but its still cold as f*ck here in Kansas.

[mashimarho]