de-badging tips

[08_128i]

What's the best way to remove my 128i badge?

[Badabing]

If its under warranty, the dealership will probably do it for you if you ask (they did for me). If not, there is a great diy on the site with how to do it with floss.

[08_128i]

I looked in the diy section and couldn't find anything, I'll look again. I tried the floss method but coukdn't seem to get the floss between the adhesive and the trunk lid

[08_128i]

Found it! Thx!

[DNG]

Not sure what's covered in the DIY, but from what I've done on other cars, Goo-Gone and clay bar seems to help take the adhesive off. Also, a hair dryer is your friend

[box_man]

A heat gun and some floss will do the trick

[WillisW555]

I was able to peel some of the pieces off by hand, then had to heat them slightly. If you get under the "tape" then the adhesive comes off pretty clean. Otherwise you can just rub it and it'll come right off.

[potxoli]

yes heat gun works great as does goof off. Also to remove the adhesive, easiest way is to push it with the ball of your thumb. takes a while but enough pushing tends to bunch it up and it rolls right off. I removed mine after two years on the car and you can't tell it was ever there.

[08_128i]

Will be doing this tonight!

[Badabing]

Yeah, I did mine on a 3 year old car and the paint looks perfect too.

[Billup]

I'm having some trouble getting some of the residual adhesive off the trunk. Being the weather has hardened the adhesive a bit and is being very stubborn. Do I just need to sit there longer with a hair dryer on it? I've tried soaking it with goo-gone & simple green, but neither worked.

[ShocknAwe]

how much is on there? I'd say hit it with some compound. You may have cooked it with the hair dryer to be honest.

Debadging, all I ever do is either use floss or a thin plastic spatula to pop off the pieces, then goo-gone and a cloth to get the adhesive off. Then claybar, compound, polish and wax the area.

[Miko226]

Fishing line + Goo Gone will do it

[Billup]

Originally Posted by ShocknAwe

how much is on there? I'd say hit it with some compound. You may have cooked it with the hair dryer to be honest.

Debadging, all I ever do is either use floss or a thin plastic spatula to pop off the pieces, then goo-gone and a cloth to get the adhesive off. Then claybar, compound, polish and wax the area.

The most thats on there was left from the "1" which is about the whole length vertically, the other numbers & I are just little patches that didn't come off with floss. It appears to be weathered since they've been on there from 2008, since I didn't really heat it up very much to begin with, thinking it would just "cut" through, but I was wrong.

[Exite]

I've debadged multiple cars. I just let the sun heat the emblems. Then I use dental floss (sometimes multiple strings at same time) and saw through the adhesive; start at top then start from bottom so the cut in the adhesive meets in the middle and can pull emblem straight off. Then a little rubbing alcohol and then rub the adhesive off with your fingers. Then wash the area and wax it and it should look like no emblems were ever there.

One warning every time I've done it I have gotten blisters on the tips of my fingers from rubbing the adhesive off but I figure my fingers heal paint doesn't. I wouldn't try to use anything but your fingers and some sort of anti-adhesive that is safe for paint.

[M3_wannabe]

blow dryer, floss, goo gone, done!

[JEmm]

On my old A4 I used warm water from a hose to get the adhesive warm so it would pull a bit, then some goo gone and then floss. And at that point, those badges were on for like 10 years and it left zero residue/evidence they were ever on.

[Harlequin]

Blowtorch.