Just debadged my car : )
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Just debadged my car : )
Pics to follow shortly, but I think it came out pretty damn good. Basically, I heated up the badges with a hair dryer until the paint was pretty hot. Then I used dental floss to pull underneath the badge. The "A6" was really hard to get off for some reason, and the quattro left a slight mark (Really hard to see).
The funny thing is that I was expecting to have the area under the badges be brighter since it hasn't been exposed to the sun. But in fact the area under the badge was actually duller. Makes me feel good about my detailing : )
In any event, once the badges were off, I continued to heat the left over crud and push it off with my finger. Once I couldn't get anymore off, I soaked it in WD40 repeatedly. This got almost all of it off but the outline was extremely noticeable. So I went in with Meguiar's Medallion Paint cleaner which got rid of just about all the oxidation around the letters. I finished up with Scratch-x. Followed that with #7 glaze and Medallion wax.
It actually took about 2 hours mainly because my car has about 2 years of sitting outside on it. Those badges were BAKED on there.
I hope that helps anyone who's thinking about it.
-st
The funny thing is that I was expecting to have the area under the badges be brighter since it hasn't been exposed to the sun. But in fact the area under the badge was actually duller. Makes me feel good about my detailing : )
In any event, once the badges were off, I continued to heat the left over crud and push it off with my finger. Once I couldn't get anymore off, I soaked it in WD40 repeatedly. This got almost all of it off but the outline was extremely noticeable. So I went in with Meguiar's Medallion Paint cleaner which got rid of just about all the oxidation around the letters. I finished up with Scratch-x. Followed that with #7 glaze and Medallion wax.
It actually took about 2 hours mainly because my car has about 2 years of sitting outside on it. Those badges were BAKED on there.
I hope that helps anyone who's thinking about it.
-st
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Pics..
Please ignore the finger grease, hey I'm Italian, what am I gonna do?
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/25380/dsc01126.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/25380/dsc01121.jpg">
I love it, what do you guys think?
I'm sure Muhammad is happy I've decreased the chrome content of my car ; )
-st
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/25380/dsc01126.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/25380/dsc01121.jpg">
I love it, what do you guys think?
I'm sure Muhammad is happy I've decreased the chrome content of my car ; )
-st
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