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rss3x 11-26-2009 05:22 PM

Debadge failure!
 
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So.. I decided to debadge my car today and found this hideous crap underneath! I follow instructions on using fishing wire/floss to remove the badges and saw that the paint looked weird under the adhesive! Use Goo Gone to take off the gunk and saw this underneath every single letter. Some parts are above the paint and some parts are like chips. =[ Each letter under "INFINITI" and the "G35" are like this. Can this be repaired using touch up paint/sanding? I'll post more picks tomorrow after Thanksgiving but damn this sucks.

4DGS 11-26-2009 05:25 PM

Has your car been in an accident before you owned it? Looks to me like your car was rear ended and the body shop super glued the badges on, apposed to using 3m auto tape.

rss3x 11-26-2009 05:27 PM

nope, never been in an accident =/

4DGS 11-26-2009 05:35 PM

Are you the first owner?

elayman 11-26-2009 05:40 PM

have you tried scraping the rest of the adhesive off using WD40 and your fingernail? It looks like a lot of that is just adhesive, and the paint looks a lot brighter underneath? try polish and waxing it?

GOWAD 11-26-2009 05:43 PM

i think it looks fine you just need to do some cleaning

WhosRich 11-26-2009 05:59 PM

Get some Goo-Gone and a hair dryer.

Shrummi 11-26-2009 06:06 PM

just get a micro fiber cloth with some goo-gone heat up the left over adhesive and "rub it out". The clean the area and use some rubbing compound to get the ghosting of the letters out of there. If theres paint missing its a possibility you could have overheated the paint and when you removed the adhesive some of the paint came off with it.

rss3x 11-26-2009 06:20 PM

guys that's not the adhesive. i took all that off already. that's the paint(or clear coat)! it looks like it has bubbled up

jknuttila 11-26-2009 06:32 PM

gallon of goo gone and wax it after should do the trick

NjMatteSedan 11-26-2009 06:34 PM

i think you're gonna have to repaint your trunk, that sucks

gary c 11-27-2009 10:41 PM

We generally recommend using ScratchX after the adhesive is removed to get rid of the shadows. Apparently you'll need more than that from your description. Take your G to a detail shop and ask them if they can buff out your trunk lid and get rid of whatever that stuff is....:OHBOY: May need to repainted, that's not OEM/factory! Another first on Driver!
Gary

lilindienplaya 11-27-2009 11:31 PM

if your paint is chiped or bubled then i would just put the badges back on or repaint the whole trunk lid, and if thats IP its gonna be expensive to paint the trunk and blend the surrounding panels

laksjd84 11-28-2009 03:13 AM

again, are you the first owner?
its ok, buying a used G is not embarrassing.

TIAN 11-28-2009 03:23 AM

To answer your question, yes it can be repaired.


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