I recently debadged my car, and I am wondering how I would remove this:




I have tried wet sanding with 1500 grit, but to no avail. I even tried rubbing compound, but that makes it stand out worse! Please help!

 

Try getting some petroleum distillate(its an adhesive solvent) and try rubbing it off. Be careful because too much and it can remove the clear coat and paint. That is most likely dirt on the adhesive that is left over. Or you are one of the unlucky few that dirt and possibly wax has built up and created a permanent outline.

 

I think its a permanent thing, but I will try the petroleum distillate. Thanks!

 

I used a little goo-gone and it came off.

 

Unfortunetly, not even the famous Goo-Gone worked...

 

If it is just adhesive stuff, try peanut butter. Leave it on for like an hour, and then go out and wash it off. If it is worse than the adhesive stuff (etched in the paint) good luck.

 

Clay bar

 

i was one of the unlucky few, that had a permanent shadow where the badges used to be. and nothing worked, so finally bought some new badges and put em on. dont like the look but was my only choice it seemed.

 

I tried a clay bar, goo gone, gasoline... nothing would get the shadow off mine and it's all the way across my trunk: LANCER

If anything works for you, please let me know lol

 

scratch remover gels? lol i duno..

or maybe touch up paint as a last option :/

 

It is not the goo left over, it is etched into my clear coat. 1500 grit sand paper and rubbing compound dont work. Anything else?

 

leave it be and pass it off as ghost badges

 

Do you have a high speed buffer? Get some polishing compound and put some heat on it. Be careful though, if you don't know what you are doing, you can burn out the paint.

 

It looks like it could be that some one painted the trunk before and instead of removing the letters, they just cleared over them.... Is the clear around the outlines raised higher than the inner part of the letters?

 

when i debadge my 02 i used a blow dryer and some spray detail and rubbed the **** out of it. also it was already about 102 outside i left my *** end in the sun for a couple hours.

oh yeah also those letters have been in the same place for 4 years the color diff will be there for a while