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Old 03-08-2008, 09:33 PM
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shaving the trunk

got a question for everyone..i think i wanna shave the emblems off the back of my coupe. did you guys do it yourself or did u have pros do it for you? let me know what the best way is and also some pics of ur cars after the job was all done
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Old 03-08-2008, 09:40 PM
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Well back in the day it was called "Shaving!"

HAHA....Haven't heard that term for the last few years. In todays world it's
called "Debadging." Try doing a search under debadging, it's easy and most
of us are experts.... After you've completed this mod you too
will be an expert, I promise!
 
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Old 03-08-2008, 09:50 PM
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I read the word "shave" and instantly thought grinding wheel or dremel tool. HAHA
 
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Old 03-08-2008, 10:27 PM
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haha im young but i guess im just old school. thanks for the help guys!
 
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heat it up with a hair dryer, use fishing line to slide behind the letters, then wd40 and more hair dryer to loosen up the adhesive.. took me a while, but maybe i did it wrong.. came out alright though
 
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Old 03-09-2008, 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by elayman
heat it up with a hair dryer, use fishing line to slide behind the letters, then wd40 and more hair dryer to loosen up the adhesive.. took me a while, but maybe i did it wrong.. came out alright though
what he said
 
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Old 03-09-2008, 12:30 AM
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or you can use dental floss and to wipe off the adhesive you can used GOO GONE..that worked super for me
 
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or you can use dental floss and to wipe off the adhesive you can used GOO GONE..that worked super for me
+1 on Goo Gone actually. I've never used WD-40 for debadging but heard it works I guess. Rubbing compound is good too, or scratch remover (same thing).
 
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Old 03-09-2008, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by pghG35
or you can use dental floss and to wipe off the adhesive you can used GOO GONE..that worked super for me

There was a thread either here or at 6MT that a guy was upset that Goo Gone left stains on his paint that won't come off.

I used WD-40 on the dealer decal that I removed. Worked great and followed up with wax.

Here is a link to the Goo Gone gone wrong.
http://www.6mt.net/forum/detailing-c...ned-paint.html
 
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Old 03-09-2008, 11:09 AM
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goo gone worked great for me...i have no stains at all odd
 
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he probably left the goo gone on his car for like a day :P
 
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Shaving to me is when you have to do body work to fill in the area such as shaved door handles or shaved gas door.
 
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its easy to do. Like the others said, just head it up, then slowly peel it away with fish line or an old credit card. I 'shaved' everything but the Mt.Fuji emblem, but I took it off to paint it, and its starting to peel on me now.

So looks like I'll be completely debadging it soon.
 
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How to create a mess....!

Originally Posted by pavelpg
+1 on Goo Gone actually. I've never used WD-40 for debadging but heard it works I guess. Rubbing compound is good too, or scratch remover (same thing).
GooGone works as does WD-40 for removal of the glue. Followed by ScratchX
and then your choice of polishes, but never....ever use rubbing compound
on our paint. You'll have scratchs that only a high speed buffer will remove,
just bad (noob) advice....
 
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hot water and dental floss... pour hot water on emblem start debadging with dental floss. Goo gone for the residue... wash the car and fresh wax
 


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