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Apr 14, 2002 | 11:25 AM

1fstowd

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What is the easiest way to remove the rear badges?? I have heard a hair dryer, and then some adhesive remover such as goof off or something like that....

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Apr 14, 2002 | 11:26 AM

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hair dryer, dental floss, and Goo Gone.

Claybar the whole trunk when you're done and rewax.

Apr 14, 2002 | 11:47 AM

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what's the diff between goo gone and goo off?

Apr 14, 2002 | 12:03 PM

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One ends with 'off' and the other with 'gone' ...

I would assume that if both are designed to remove a rubber like adhesive, that they will both work. I haven't used either though :P

Apr 14, 2002 | 12:11 PM

RedBlackYellow

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if you haven't used either, how could you know?

Apr 14, 2002 | 12:24 PM

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goo gone is a citrus based solvent, goofoff isn't.. i think goof off is more harmful in reguards to

it's contents.

Apr 14, 2002 | 01:08 PM

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Just playing around

Apr 14, 2002 | 03:19 PM

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And I believe goo off is more effective at removing adhesives.

Apr 14, 2002 | 05:34 PM

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Re: Emblems

I took mine off Friday night. Took about 15 minutes.

You don't have to get the emblem real hot, just good and warm is plenty. The key is to take them off with the floss.

If you dont have goo gone handy you can spray a little wd 40 on the tape, give it a few minutes to soak in and then take them off with a rag or your fingers.

After I got the residue of the double back tape off I took a bottle of McGuiars cleaner, kind of a pink color, and cleaned the area real good. Mine is a 99 and I was concerned that the age difference of the paint would be noticable. It cleaned up and you can't tell the badges were ever there.

Just remember you dont have to get the badges too hot. My son heard about what I was going to do and heated his up then tried to pull them off directly and lifted the paint! Much older car but went about it wrong.